The evolution of character Turtle
From left to right:
Upper: shell bone script, bronze script, simplified song typeface.
Lower: shell bone, big seal, small seal, clerical scripts, and traditional song typeface
Back view of turtle (left) Side view of turtle（right）
The character Turtle – 龜 is pronounced Gui1 （Pinyin）
Explanation
Shell bone scripts of character Turtle:
The back view of turtle (the left top): the top is head, the middle is body, and there are 4 legs.
The side view of turtle (the left bottom): the top is head: the top is bird head, the bottom is body, the left are two legs, and the right is the shell.
Bronze script
Similar to back view of shell bone script, no side view of bronze script.
Big seal script of character Turtle (middle left): Similar to side view of turtle: the top is head, the right is shell, the left are legs, the center is body, and the bottom is the tail. No back view big seal script.
Small seal script of character Turtle: Similar to its big seal script of character. No back view small seal script.
Clerical script of character Turtle: Similar to older scripts, except the center is empty T, which is the body, more like the real turtle. No back view clerical script.
Song typeface of Turtle (the left bottom): Simplified is similar to back view shell bone script: the top is the head, the middle 田 is the body, the long curve from the middle top to the right bottom is the tail. The 4 legs are eliminated. It is a very good simplification because the back view turtle is easier to draw or to write.
Traditional song typeface is similar to clerical script.
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