Looks like ‘wood + reverse’, but 反 here is just

It began as a pictograph of bound firewood — and

This 'plum' character is China's #2 surname — ove

This 'flower' character isn’t drawn from a plant

It looks like a tree with a tiny crown — but thos

Originally a timekeeping term for 'night watch shi

Originally a pictograph of the sun passing through

Originally a ritual scene of hands tending sprouts

Originally a lizard shedding skin — now the name

Originally a bronze-age axe pictograph, 斤 morphed

Born as a bronze ladle measuring grain, 料 evolved

Originally a tattooed human chest — now the soul

Originally 'ancient action' — now the silent arch

This 'put' character began as a ceremonial act of

This 'according to' character began as a hand grip

This character began as a pictograph of a porter b

Originally a hand picking grain from a field, this

Born from a boat hauling cargo, 搬 still demands y

Its ancient form pictured two jade discs traded by

Born from a well-pole and a stepping foot, this ch

Born from ancient wooden tally tokens, 接 isn’t j

This six-stroke 'sweep' character evolved from a p

Originally a hand sealing something shut — now Ch

Originally a pictograph of a sprout bursting from

This 'trick' character hides a warrior’s halberd

Born as a pictograph of an armed city-state, 或 ev

This character began as 'threading coins' — now i

This 'wish' character hides a moral compass: its h