Amazing Chinese Characters (572) Reward - 赏（賞）

 The bronze script of character Reward is

The top is character Still (Post 556), means a spacious hall, normally royal palace. 

The bottom is character Shell (194), means money.

The King rewards those who made meritorious service in royal palace.

The big seal script of character Reward is

Similarly, the top is character Still - 尚，the bottom is character Shell - 貝. 

The small seal script of character Reward is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Reward is

Similar to older scripts, but all top strokes are significantly shorter than that in older scripts. 

The traditional song typeface of character Reward is

Almost same as the clerical character.

The simplified song typeface of character Reward is

The top is same 尚，the bottom character Shell changed from 貝（traditional song typeface) to 贝（simplified song typeface).

The Pinyin of the character is Shang3.

Amazing Chinese Characters (571) Taste - 尝（嘗）

 The bronze script of character Taste is

The top is character Eight - 八 (Post 156), which means Divide or Separate. the middle is character Still - 尚 (Post 556), which means Big Hall. The bottom is character Order from King - 旨, which means a sweet taste. The character means that in a big hall, people taste some delicious food. Normally this happens in palace with a very form manner, like King shares the food with ministers. 

The big seal script of character Taste is

Similar to bronze script, except in big seal strokes.

The small seal script of character Taste is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of the character Taste is

Top is character Still

Bottom is character Order from King

The traditional song typeface of character Taste is

Very similar to clerical script.

The simplified song typeface of character Taste is

The bottom becomes character Cloud (Post 206), totally lost the pictography, and origin meaning.

The Pinyin of character Taste is Chang1.

Amazing Chinese Characters (570) Hall - 堂

 The big seal script of character Hall is

The top 

is character Still, here means large hall. The bottom is character Soil. The character means Hall with soil ground. In China countryside, the farmer's house has a big room in the middle of front with big door, called Hall Room, which ground is soil. 

The small seal script of character Hall is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Hall is

Similar to small seal script.

The Pinyin of the character is Tang2.