这

Why does 这 look like this?

The character 这 (zhè) is made of two parts: the 'walk' radical 辶 (chuò) on the outside, which relates to movement, and the character 文 (wén) on the inside, which originally meant 'writing' or 'patterns.' Together, they form a common character used to point at something close to you, like saying 'this one right here!'