Amazing Chinese Characters (632) Hands -Together - 廾

 The big seal script of character Hands - Together is

Two grass seedling.

Let's compare it with big seal script of character Bamboo

Similar to the one above, but the sides are dropped down because bamboo leaves are drooping.

The small seal script of character Hands - Together is

Very similar to the man's hands in the picture.

There may be bent grass seedlings. 

Therefore, the character has two meanings: Grass, or Hands-Together.

The clerical script of character Hands - Together is

The two separated curves on the top become to a horizontal line, two vertical curves become one fall-left line and one vertical line, totally lost pictography for writing a little bit quicker.

The Pinyin of the character is Gong3.