Chinese characters are not isolated drawings. They are built from recurring components—often called radicals—whose shapes, positions, and histories guide meaning, sound, and visual rhythm. This project treats characters like a small architectural system: parts repeat, shift, combine, and evolve.
Hover and click into a character to see how specific components are “activated” in space—how a single form can carry semantic hints, structural balance, and cultural memory. The interface aims to feel like ink on paper: not a diagram on a cold panel, but a living surface where attention changes what you see.
Weapon-like components and action cues (e.g., 戈).
口 as mouth / enclosure; characters that “frame” space.
氵 / 水: wash, drift, dissolve (ink logic).
木 / 艹: material + cultivation + branching systems.