This character looks like 'speech + bean' — and t

This 'east' character began as a pictograph of a t

This 'dozen' character hides in plain sight: its f

Though now meaning 'shop,' 店 began as a Silk Road

This ‘dot’ started as a glowing ember — and sti

This character began as ‘capital city’ (dū) —

This 5-stroke character began as a lightning bolt

Born as two identical moon glyphs side-by-side in

Originally a bronze-age diagram of two ritual obje

Originally a pictograph of a person standing tall

The earliest form of 的 appears in Warring States