The bottom one
is character Soil - 土, means wall here. The rest is weapon, means army here.
Wall and army to protect represent City.
The big seal script for Character City or Town is
The left part
is a circle in the middle, which means the inside of the city, the top and bottom are watchtowers on the city gates.
The right part
is weapon.
The circle, watchtowers on north and south, and soldier with weapon around to protect, which is a City or Town.
Its small seal script is
Here, the left changed to
which means Soil (136), no circle for city, no watchtowers. The simplification lost the meaningful pictography. The right part is similar to the big seal script.
Its clerical script is
which is similar to small seal script.
The current standard printing script is
is a circle in the middle, which means the inside of the city, the top and bottom are watchtowers on the city gates.
The right part
is weapon.
The circle, watchtowers on north and south, and soldier with weapon around to protect, which is a City or Town.
Its small seal script is
which means Soil (136), no circle for city, no watchtowers. The simplification lost the meaningful pictography. The right part is similar to the big seal script.
Its clerical script is
The current standard printing script is
城
Its Pinyin is Cheng2.
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