The Cheng Zhong Meng Xue Tang Zi Ke Tu Shuo was published in 1901. The book contains over 3,000 words and is specially written for the young and uneducated. Compiled in the late Qing Dynasty, when the world was changing and traditional culture was transforming, it has the significance of inheriting the past and ushering in the future. This article takes Zi Ke Tu Shuo as the research scope, sorts out 206 character examples, explains the terminology according to the example, analyzes the concept of different forms of characters in the essay, and uses this to observe the use of characters in the changing times of the late Qing Dynasty influence. Scholars of traditional characters often use Shuo Wen as the standard of orthodox characters. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, popularization of education was emphasized, and practicality was the priority in character learning. Therefore, the collection of characters differed from the standard of traditional orthodox characters but mainly used common fonts. Most appended characters in Zi Ke Tu Shuo are familiar and commonly used today. When the world situation is in turmoil, the habit of using characters may also change accordingly. Therefore, Zi Ke Tu Shuo lists variants as appended characters. Simply pointing out the relationship between orthographic variants but supplementing popular and familiar characters differs from traditional dictionaries. From this, we can see the significance and value of Zi Ke Tu Shuo.