Amazing Chinese Characters (578) Greedy - 贪（貪）

 The shell bone script of character Greedy is

The top is the lips, and the bottom is the character Shell (Post 194), which was money in the ancient time. Talk money all the time, which is Greedy.

The big seal script of the character Greedy is

The top is the character Present (Post 365), here means lips , and the bottom is shell.

The small seal script of the character Greedy is

The top is the character Present, here means Right Now. Why did it change from lips to Right Now? Probably if a person could move his lips, he is saying something right now. The bottom is the character Shell, ancient money.

The clerical script of the character Greedy is

Similar to small seal script.

The traditional song typeface of character Greedy is

 Similar to clerical script.

The simplified song typeface of character Greedy is

The bottom character Shell - 貝 is simplified to 贝.

The Pinyin of the character is Tan1.