The Chinese characters 夭, 止, 示, 主, 目, 生, 眚, and 省 have common origins and evolved over different dynasties. 夭 originally looked like a running man, which later became the character 夭 we use today. Adding 止 on top of 夭 created the character 走. 示 was a pictograph of an ancient memorial tablet, leading to characters like 主 and . 眚 and 省 also share a common origin, with 眚 likely related to 目 and 生 indicating its pronunciation. The original meaning of 眚 was to inspect and examine oneself critically.