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.
| 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?
