Pictograms of kanjis and how much they portray the real origin of these characters

I’m just an enthusiast, so forgive me if I’m asking something too simple. Students of languages that utilizes Chinese characters often uses pictograms as a way to memorize them. For exemple, comparing the character of mountain (å±±) to the shape of a mountain, but how much these comparisons really reflect a historically accurate process of the creation of these ideograms based on the actual thing they represent? If anyone has any in depth articles about that, I appreciate if you could share!

(Sorry for any English mistakes, it’s not my first language)

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