This 3,000-year-old grass pictograph still grows e

This ‘boat’ character hides a 3,000-year-old can

This character literally fuses 'EAR' and 'GENERAL'

This 'kingdom' character evolved from a pictograph

This 'research' character hides ancient wooden bur

Originally a ritual scene of hands tending sprouts

Originally a pictograph of a sprout bursting from

This 'difference' character began as a picture of

Though it looks like 'corpse' (尸) resting on 'onc

This character began as a pictograph of a walled e

This 'participation' character began as an ancient

Originally a ritual halberd sealing a vow — now t

This 4-stroke character began as a pictograph of a

Born from ancient bronze inlay art, 错 originally

This 'wear' character began as a pictograph of an

Despite its 'beast track' radical 禸, 离 has nothi

Born from ancient military camps and breath, this

This ‘bed’ once meant a low couch — and Li Bai

This ‘always’ character hides a ritual cloth —

This six-stroke character began as a sunlit patch

This 'sing' character hides a double sun (昌) — a

This four-stroke character began as two walking pe

This 'car' character is actually a 3,000-year-old

This humble 9-stroke character began as 'bitter he

This 'eat' character hides a begging person inside

This 5-stroke character began as two footprints st