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HanziStory — Every Chinese character has a story.

Ancient glyph images from etymology-svg (open-source) · Also referenced: Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology (汉字叔叔) · 殷契文渊 Yinqi Wenyuan

Stroke animations powered by HanziWriter — real stroke order, no external CDN.