Amazing Chinese Characters (365) Present - 今

 The shell bone script of character Present is

The top triangle is a mouth, the bottom horizontal line is moving lip when speaking.

The bronze script of the character is

Similar to shell bone script except the horizontal line on the bottom has a little hook and touches one side of the mouth, means the lip is open and close.

The big seal script of the character is

Similar to bronze script, but the triangle becomes hat-alike, and the short horizontal line moved a little bit up.

The small seal script of the character is

The top is similar to older scripts, the bottom horizontal line becomes a hook, which may mean the talking is not simple, or just for better vertical stretch to make the character more balance.

The clerical script of the character is

Similar to small seal script, but the hook changes the direction.

The song typeface of the character is

今

Same as the clerical script.

In comparison with the song typeface of Order

令

Very similar except the extra dot in the bottom of character Order, which is simplified the kneeling man.

Pinyin for 今 is Jin1.