The evolution of character Deer
From left to right
Shell bone, big seal, small seal, and clerical scripts
Deer
The pinyin of character Deer:Yu3
Explanation
Shell bone script of character Deer: The horns are on the top, the head and the body are in the middle, the legs are in the bottom.
Big seal script of character Deer: Similar to shell bone script.
Small seal script of character Deer: The 山on the top is the horn, the left side of head is not closed, and the line extending to the left bottom, very odd. The body is not closed too, very odd too. The legs are normal. The reason why the small seal script changed this way is unknown.
Clerical script of character Deer: The top dot is the horn, very odd. The middle is similar to small seal script except the left stroke connected to the top horizontal line. The legs are not real any more.
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