The character 鼠 is a pictograph. Throughout history its meaning has not changed. In the inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty this character appears like a mouse with a pointed mouth, big ears, and a long tail chewing on something. Later inscriptions on ancient bronze objects show it takes the shape of a crouching mouse, with the top like a head and teeth, and the bottom like feet and tail. MagiChinese interprets “鼠” as “a mouse crouching on the ground”. This fully respects the origins of Chinese characters, giving users more scientific and effective contents for learning Chinese characters.