Any dictionary which will give me etymology of character?

sangormam

举人
Is there any dictionary, already in pleco, because i have not yet bought pro bundle, which will give me etymology of character, decompose it and explain why certain character looks this way?
Like this website:
http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterEtymology.aspx?submitButton1=Etymology&characterInput=年
eg.
年=Remnant Primitive, a person 人 bringing in the grain 禾 which is done once a year

or even better:
http://chinese-characters.org/meaning/5/5B57.html#.Ukg3ZtI4ErU

or best:
into pictures:
http://www.hanziyuan.com/result.php?zi=年
 
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mikelove

皇帝
Staff member
No - we haven't found a good one of these to license, and we're a little uncertain as to its usefulness in any case since the vast majority of Chinese characters are 形声字 and thus their etymology isn't particularly helpful for memorization.
 
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