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）

“山”的演变图

Development of 山（mountain）

“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?