Though it means 'silver,' this character’s radica

This 10-stroke character began as a bubbling jar i

This 7-stroke character began as flickering fireli

This ‘post’ character began as a flagpole markin

This 'choose' character hides a ritual inspector’

This 'late' character hides a ruler (尺) inside it

Its radical 辶 (walking) + phonetic 奚 (servant) p

This 7-stroke character began as a Bronze Age pict

This 4-stroke powerhouse evolved from ancient depi

Born in Song-dynasty markets to count rickshaws an

Though it means 'light', 轻 evolved from ancient c

Born from clashing chariots on ancient battlefield

This 'heel' character doesn’t just name a body pa

Looks like 'walking toward a curly prize' — becau

This 'south' character began as a war axe crossing

Born as a pictograph of a runner answering a call

Anciently a ritual offering to gods — now the hea

Originally a ritual glyph showing a butterfly emer

Its ancient form shows a hand guarding a door — m

This 5-stroke character packs millennia of Confuci

Its right side evolved from 'well' — ancient vill

This 'transfer' character hides a Bronze Age comma

Though it means 'should,' 该 originated as a word

Born as ‘managed speech’, 词 evolved from ritual

This 5-stroke character began as 'speech bound by

Born from ritual ox dissection, this 13-stroke cha

Originally a bronze-age ox’s horns, this 7-stroke

This 'lining' character started as actual cloth un