This character’s 16 strokes encode a 2,300-year-o

Originally a bronze-age image of a foot stepping o

Originally a bronze-age image of striding to seize

A 3,000-year-old ‘reward’ character that fuses h

This ‘commerce’ character hides a 2,500-year-old

This 'money' character hides a battle-axe atop cow

This four-stroke 'shell' gave birth to Chinese mon

Born as a Bronze Age general surveying hills, 览 s

Born from Shang dynasty priests mending sacred rob

This 'cutting' character began as a tailor’s knif

This six-stroke character began as a wriggling wor