Have - 有

 The evolution of character Have is 

 

 

From left to right 

Bronze, big seal, small seal, clerical scripts; song typeface

 

 

Carrying meat in one’s hand

 

Pinyin of the character Have is You3.

 

Explanation

 

Bronze script: the top is character Again, meaning a hand. The bottom is character meat. The hand holds a piece of meat, which means (the person) Have (meat). Because meat was difficult to get in 3500+ years ago, if one had meat, he had good food, he could live good life.

 

Big seal script: similar to bronze script.

 

Small seal script: similar to big seal script but lines bent more.

 

Clerical script: the horizontal U in small seal script becomes the falling-left stroke, the 7 alike line in small seal script becomes the horizontal long stroke.

 

Song typeface: similar to clerical script.