guī
turtle or tortoise
Pictograph of a tortoise.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernSources
guī
turtle or tortoise
Pictograph of a tortoise.
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
Modern