The forms of Chinese characters have changed from ancient pictographs to abstract characters nowadays. You can guess the meanings of the following characters by their appearance.
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甲骨文 |
金文 |
小篆 |
楷书 |
“月”的演变图 Development of 月(moon) |
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“山”的演变图 Development of 山(mountain) |
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“木”的演变图 Development of 木(tree) |
Many people in the world today look hanzi to be complicated,like "little drawings"with a confusing number of crisscrossing sticks and randomly placed dots. However,when you now find hanzi remaining the meaning of the orginal picture,will you still think hanzi complex?