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Ancient form of written Chinese
The oracle bone script is the oldest attested form of written Chinese, dating to the late 2nd millennium BC. Inscriptions were made by carving characters
Oracle_bone_script
Shells and bones used for divination in ancient China
carved onto the bone or shell in oracle bone script using a sharp tool. Intense heat was then applied with a metal rod until the bone or shell cracked
Oracle_bone
Markings found at Neolithic sites in China
symbols, collectively called Táo Wén (陶文 'pottery scripts'), have been compared to the oracle bone script — the earliest known forms of Chinese characters
Neolithic_symbols_in_China
Writing in a variety of Chinese scripts on ritual bronzes
inscriptions are one of the earliest scripts in the Chinese family of scripts, preceded by the oracle bone script. For the early Western Zhou to early
Chinese_bronze_inscriptions
Logographic writing system
durable than bronzes or oracle bones, and have not been preserved. Bronze script As early as the Shang, the oracle bone script existed as a simplified
Chinese_characters
Writing systems descended from oracle bone script
family of scripts includes writing systems used to write various East Asian languages, that ultimately descend from the oracle bone script invented in
Chinese_family_of_scripts
Ancient carvings on artifacts in China
fully-fledged system of writing". The earliest known body of writing in the oracle bone script dates much later to the reign of the late Shang dynasty king Wu Ding
Jiahu_symbols
Type of ancient Chinese seal script
character, but there is no additional bird shape. Seal script evolved from oracle bone script,[citation needed] and diverged into different forms in the
Bird-worm_seal_script
Calligraphy with Chinese script
the year 1980. Oracle bone script was an early form of Chinese characters written on animals' bones. Written on oracle bones—animal bones or turtle plastrons—it
Chinese_calligraphy
earliest forms of characters, including Shang-era oracle bone script and the Zhou-era bronze scripts, is often necessary for reconstructing their historical
Chinese character classification
Chinese_character_classification
Site of the last capital of the Shang dynasty
kings and saw the emergence of oracle bone script, the earliest known Chinese writing. Along with oracle bone script and other material evidence for
Yinxu
Chinese character forms c. 1050–400 BCE
also include the oracle bone script (c. 1250 – c. 1000 BCE). The term deliberately contrasts the small seal script, the official script standardized throughout
Large_seal_script
Writing the Chinese languages
during the late Shang dynasty (c. 1250 – c. 1050 BCE) in the form of oracle bone script, but the process of creating character-like symbols is thought to
Written_Chinese
Ancient Chinese ruler
Emperor/Empress. The Chinese character Hou (后) is an ideogrammic compounds; in oracle bone script, it is written the same as Si (司, means "to rule") as the combination
Hou_(title)
Archaeological site in Shandong
the site were a number of oracle bones, including inscribed examples showing a regional variety of the oracle bone script, the earliest known form of
Daxinzhuang
Styles of writing Chinese characters
most ancient oracle bone script as well as various other scripts older than seal script found on Zhou dynasty bronze inscriptions, seal script is the oldest
Chinese_script_styles
Chinese archaeologist
(1895–1963) was a Chinese archaeologist. He was a leading authority on the oracle bone and turtle shell inscriptions of the Shang dynasty (1600-1046 BC). In
Dong_Zuobin
Chinese luxury plug-in electric car brand owned by BYD Auto
logo is the Chinese character for "lightning" or "electricity" in oracle bone script. The brand's first model, the U8 plug-in hybrid full-size SUV, was
Yangwang
Chinese character radical
published in mainland China. Oracle bone script character Bronze script character Large seal script character Small seal script character The character is
Radical_194
Chinese official and scholar
that the symbols inscribed on oracle bones were an early form of Chinese writing in 1899. His work on the oracle bone script was curtailed when he accepted
Wang_Yirong
Qing Dynasty scholar (1866–1940)
the first collection of oracle bones, and Sun Yirang's Qiwen Juli (契文舉例), the first work of decipherment of the oracle bone script. Luo's own work Yinxu
Luo_Zhenyu
Philologist
bronzeware script and oracle bone script. His work Qiwen Juli (契文舉例), published posthumously by Luo Zhenyu, was the first work of decipherment of the oracle bone
Sun_Yirang
Style for writing Chinese characters
The regular script is the newest of the major Chinese script styles, emerging during the Three Kingdoms period c. 230 CE, and stylistically mature by the
Regular_script
American historian and sinologist
Bronze Age. He was best known for his studies of Chinese oracle bones and oracle bone script. His work changed the way that many Sinologists viewed Shang
David_Keightley
Canadian missionary and archaeologist
and author. He was the first Western scholar to study Shang dynasty Oracle bone script, the earliest form of Chinese writing. In the years following his
James_Mellon_Menzies
13th-century BC king of the Shang dynasty
until oracle script inscriptions on bones dating from his reign were unearthed at the ruins of his capital Yin (near modern Anyang) in 1899. Oracle bone inscriptions
Wu_Ding
Persistent representation of language
millennium BC, evolving from oracle bone script used for divination purposes, although the apparent maturity of the oracle bone script suggests it may have been
Writing
Xia Dynasty king and founder
as sage-king during the late 3rd millennium BC, which predates the oracle bone script used during the late Shang dynasty—the oldest known form of writing
Yu_the_Great
Ancient style of Chinese characters
Zhou forms, or even oracle bone characters. Due to this imprecision, modern scholars tend to avoid using the term large seal script. There were several
Seal_script
Period between prehistory and the medieval era
script, which remains undeciphered. Chinese Characters were independently developed in China during the Shang dynasty in the form of the Oracle Bone Script
Ancient_history
Form of Chinese characters from the Qin dynasty
The small seal script is an archaic script style of written Chinese. It developed within the state of Qin during the Eastern Zhou dynasty (771–256 BC)
Small_seal_script
Chinese character radical
offering table, the top stroke depicting the offered goods. In the oracle bone script, the table has a T shape. Semantically, the sign suggests a relation
Radical_113
Two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology
bronze script elaborated this same radical-phonetic combination. However, the oldest characters for "rainbow" in Shang dynasty oracle bone script were pictographs
Hong_(rainbow-dragon)
Script style of Asian orthography
grass script, is a script style used in Chinese and East Asian calligraphy. It is an umbrella term for the cursive variants of the clerical script and the
Cursive_script_(East_Asia)
Writing system used for the Sudanese language
script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Sundanese characters. Old Sundanese script (Sundanese:
Old_Sundanese_script
Chinese-based script for Khitan language
The Khitan small script (Chinese: 契丹小字, Qìdān xiǎozì) was one of two writing systems used for the now-extinct Khitan language. It was used during the 10th–12th
Khitan_small_script
Chinese philologist and exegesis interpreter (1896–1984)
University). Yu is mainly known for his textual research of Oracle bone script and Bronze script. He also spent much time on interpreting pre-Qin classics
Yu_Xingwu
Earliest known literate civilization in China
It was unlucky, a girl. — oracle bone Heji 14002 Based on an interpretation of certain characters in the oracle bone script, Kwang-chih Chang proposed
Late_Shang
Logographic writing system
Sui script Manuscript in Sui script The Sui script was handed down from generation to generation, and its shape is similar to the Oracle bone script and
Sui_script
Late Shang diviner
beginning as a student learning oracle bone script before flourishing as a scribe. Despite only being visible in oracle bone evidence, Peng appears in myriad
Peng_(diviner)
Chinese characters used in Japanese writing
originals, though their representations are more clear in oracle bone script and seal script. These pictographic characters make up only a small fraction
Kanji
Chinese-based script for Jurchen
The Jurchen script (Jurchen: [dʒu ʃə bitxə]; Chinese: 女真文) was the writing system used to write the Jurchen language, the language of the Jurchen people
Jurchen_script
Japanese syllabary
old-fashioned iroha ordering and the more prevalent gojūon ordering. After the 1900 script reform, which deemed hundreds of characters hentaigana, the hiragana syllabary
Hiragana
Chinese script widely used in the Han dynasty
The clerical script (traditional Chinese: 隸書; simplified Chinese: 隶书; pinyin: lìshū), sometimes also chancery script, is a style of Chinese writing that
Clerical_script
Ancient elephant population
texts, including the Shijing, Liji, and Zuozhuan. The oracle bone script and bronzeware script glyphs for elephant are pictographic depictions of an animal
Elephants_in_ancient_China
Punctuation used with Chinese characters
be found in oracle bone script. In Guo Moruo's work General Anthology of Divination Inscriptions (卜辞通纂, a collection of oracle bone script, written in
Chinese_punctuation
King of Shang dynasty
Wai Ren and was succeeded by his son He Dan Jia (河亶甲). Oracle bone script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the
Wai_Ren
King of Shang dynasty
name Yong Ji and was succeeded by brother Tai Wu (太戊). Oracle bone script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the
Yong_Ji
Chinese character radical
components. Oracle bone script character Bronze script character Large seal script character Small seal script character Oracle bone script character Bronze
Radical_96
Style of writing Chinese characters
Semi-cursive script, also known as running script, is a style of Chinese calligraphy that emerged during the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD). The style is
Semi-cursive_script
Annual observance
three types of pictographs (Liangzhu inscribed symbols, Dongba script and oracle bone script) associated with three cultures and three UNESCO World Heritage
UN_Chinese_Language_Day
Chinese-based script for Khitan language
large script (Chinese: 契丹大字, Qìdān dàzì) was one of two writing systems used for the now-extinct Khitan language (the other was the Khitan small script).
Khitan_large_script
Oldest attested stage of Chinese
with several early forms of Chinese characters, including oracle bone, bronze, and seal scripts. Throughout the Old Chinese period, there was a close correspondence
Old_Chinese
Wind deities worshipped by the Shang dynasty
able to affect various royal affairs. Examples yielded from Shang oracle bone script reveal a large number of texts concerning rituals dedicated to the
Divinity of winds (Shang dynasty)
Divinity_of_winds_(Shang_dynasty)
Japanese syllabic writing systems
used for their meanings as they are now), or more specifically the regular script (楷書, kaisho) writing of such kanji. It was not until the 18th century that
Kana
Chinese characters used in Korean writing
records were written primarily in Literary Chinese using Hanja as its primary script. As early as 1446, King Sejong the Great promulgated Hangul (also known
Hanja
Japanese kanji not in the lists of jōyō kanji
Oracle bone script Bronze scripts Seal script large small bird-worm Hanja Kanji Chữ Nôm Sawndip Bowen Chinese-influenced Jurchen Khitan large script Sui
Hyōgai_kanji
Mixtec Mwangwego script Naasioi Nasu Nisu Northern paleohispanic Numidian Nwagu Aneke script Old Minahasa Olmec Oracle bone script Pallava Pau Cin Hau
List of scripts with no ISO 15924 code
List_of_scripts_with_no_ISO_15924_code
Symbols that communicate ideas but not language
The Chinese script emerged from proto-writing in the Chinese Bronze Age, during about the 14th to 11th centuries BC (Oracle bone script), while symbol
Proto-writing
Japanese syllabary
Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana
Katakana
Type of poisonous magic found in Japanese folklore
importance of magic in ancient times, have found traces of poison in the oracle bone script of the Yin and Zhou dynasties.[citation needed] The earliest record
Kodoku
Chinese jade mined/carved from the Neolithic on
Chinese character 玉 for yu "jade" dates back to c. 11th century BCE oracle bone script from the late Shang dynasty, when it depicted pieces of jade hanging
Chinese_jade
Chinese dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC)
divination texts inscribed on oracle bones, which were usually either turtle shells or ox scapulae. More than 20,000 oracle bones were discovered during the
Shang_dynasty
Archaic script used in Java and Bali
script, Aksara Buda, or Gunung script is an archaic script. Based on its shape, the Buda Script still has a close relationship with the Kawi script.
Buda_script
Belgian missionary and sinologist (1912–1999)
academic best known for his studies on the grammar of Classical Chinese, oracle bone script, and on the varieties of Chinese. He was a member of the Congregatio
Paul_Serruys
Early Chinese religious history
Methods of communication with spirits included divinations written on oracle bones and sacrifice of living beings. Much of what is known about Shang religion
Religion_of_the_Shang_dynasty
Topics referred to by the same term
aerial photography Oracle Team USA, an American yacht racing syndicate Internet Oracle, a collaborative humor website Oracle bone script, an ancient form
Oracle_(disambiguation)
Locations where civilization emerged
earliest instances, followed by Chinese proto-writing evolving into the oracle bone script, and again by the emergence of Mesoamerican writing systems from about
Cradle_of_civilization
Term originally for foreigners, later for people deemed uncivilized
from K. C. Wu, the scholar Wu Qichang believes that the earliest oracle bone script for yi 夷 was used interchangeably with shi 尸 "corpse". The historian
Barbarian
Venom-based poison associated with cultures of south China, particularly Nanyue
range from (c. 14th–11th centuries BCE) Oracle bone script to (c. 3rd century BCE) Seal script characters. The Oracle characters had two or one 虫 "wug" elements
Gu_(poison)
Chinese-based Vietnamese writing system
may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Vietnamese scripts. Chữ Nôm (𡨸喃, IPA: [t͡ɕɯ˦ˀ˥ nom˧˧]) is a logographic writing system formerly
Chữ_Nôm
Chinese character radical
associated indexing component. Oracle bone script character Bronze script character Large seal script character Small seal script character The radical is also
Radical_125
Script used to write the Yi languages
Syllabary script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Yi Syllabary characters. The Yi scripts (Yi:
Yi_script
in the oracle bone script looks like an ox horn. 鼎 (tripod): The oracle bone inscriptions are in the shape of a tripod. 鹿 (deer): In oracle bones, it resembles
Chinese character internal structures
Chinese_character_internal_structures
Book of meaningless glyphs by artist Xu Bing
zhī and used in Bopomofo to form the /zh/ initial ㄓ; also used in Oracle Bone Script as a synonym for 有 yǒu according to Handuo. 凵 kǎn or qiǎn, a receptacle
A_Book_from_the_Sky
Chinese historian and palaeographer (1938–2019)
was a Chinese historian and palaeographer who specialized in the oracle bone script and the pre-Qin dynasty history of ancient China. Yang was born on
Yang_Shengnan
Chinese character radical
shape, 下三框 "lower three-sided frame". Oracle bone script character Large seal script character Small seal script character The radical does not occur as
Radical_17
Groups of peoples in ancient China
records of yi were inscribed on oracle bones dating from the late Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BCE). This oracle bone script was used interchangeably for
Dongyi
History, styles and regulations of tattoos in China
those of the oracle bone script. In the small seal script, the character omits the pattern on the chest. After the change to clerical script, the character
Tattooing_in_China
Symbol representing the Sun
The "Sun" logogram in early Chinese writing, beginning with the oracle bone script (c. 12th century BC) also shows the solar disk with a central dot
Solar_symbol
Rigid organs of the skeleton of vertebrates
mammal bones. Oracle bone script was a writing system used in ancient China based on inscriptions in bones. Its name originates from oracle bones, which were
Bone
the Western Zhou dynasty. Chong appears to have been written as (虫) in Oracle bones, which mention an Earl of Chong (虫伯) who was allied with the Shang and
Chong_(state)
of the hu (虎) "tiger" component. The character is attested in oracle bone script on bones 華東 Huadong 3, 255, and 300. Numerous large-scale urban ruins
Youyu_clan
Imperial dynasty of China (960–1279)
as far back as the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BCE), which bore the oracle bone script of the Shang era. Some attempted to recreate these bronze vessels
Song_dynasty
Writing system for the Zhuang language
domains, Sawndip is more often used than alphabetical scripts. Sawndip is also called old Zhuang script, usually used to distinguish it from the Latin-based
Sawndip
Legendary Chinese ancestral deity
China's first established written system on a durable medium, the oracle bone script, did not exist until then. Thus, the concrete existence of even the
Shennong
Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the beer was called as Lao Li (醪醴 in oracle bone script). However, after the Han dynasty, Chinese beer faded from prominence
Beer_in_China
Vital force in traditional Chinese philosophy
1600–1046 BCE) oracle bone script, Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BCE) bronzeware script and large seal script, and Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE) small seal script. These
Qi
Chinese character radical
radical 1 (Radical one, 一). Oracle bone script character Bronze script character Large seal script character Small seal script character Fazzioli, Edoardo
Radical_7
Chinese script used by Yao women
traditional Chinese: 女書; pinyin: Nǚshū; [ny˨˩˨ʂu˦]; 'women's script') is a syllabic script derived from Chinese characters that was used by ethnic Yao
Nüshu
Korean traditional bow
Oracle bone script version of the yi character
Gakgung
Semisyllabary used to transcribe Chinese
based on Zhang Binglin's shorthand. It was used as the official phonetic script to annotate the sounds of the characters in accordance with the Old National
Bopomofo
dynasty in China; evidence of a fully developed writing system, see Oracle bone script. c. 1550 BC: The New Kingdom begins in Egypt. 1500 – 400 BC: Olmec
Timeline_of_ancient_history
Visual art related to writing
characters are oracle bone script (甲骨文), carved on ox scapulae and tortoise plastrons. The rulers in the Shang dynasty carved pits on such animals' bones and baked
Calligraphy
Chinese character radical
is left after the merger. Oracle bone script character Bronze script character Large seal script character Small seal script character The radical is also
Radical_74
Creature from Chinese mythology
Wenlin says "may have depicted an ancient kind of hoe" in ancient oracle bone script (compare to the same work's definition of nou 耨 "hoe; rake"). Some
Shen_(clam-monster)
Traditions practiced by the Shang dynasty to venerate royal ancestors
have been used to "deify" kingship of the royal family. The Shang oracle bone script grapheme for the individual includes the squared component known as
Shang_ancestral_deification
Topics referred to by the same term
Chinese characters, ancient forms Chinese bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Seal script Old Texts, versions of Chinese classics held to have been transcribed
Guwen
Symbols denoting astrological concepts
of the modern Chinese logograph for "sun", which in the oracle bone script and bronze script were . It is not known if the Egyptian and Chinese logographs
Astrological_symbols
Neolithic culture in China
between the Jiahu symbols and the characters attested much later in the oracle bone script of the Late Shang (c. 1250 – c. 1050 BC) have been noted; however
Jiahu
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, Jamaican, Latin
Beauty of Form; Graceful; Grace of God; Favour; Blessing
Girl/Female
Latin American English Irish
Grace.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the adjective bony, denoting a scrawny individual with prominent bones.
Girl/Female
English American Irish Latin
Grace.
Boy/Male
English French
Good; a blessing. American frontier hero Daniel Boone.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bone 1.German : variant of Bonitz.
Female
English
English name derived from Italian Orabella, ORABEL means "golden beautiful."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bone 2.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Bone, of Latinate origin.
Female
Yiddish
 Yiddish name derived from the word bin(e), BINE means "bee." Compare with other forms of Bine.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname meaning ‘good’, from Old French bon ‘good’.English : nickname for a thin man, from Middle English bÅn ‘bone’ (Old English bÄn; compare Bain 2).Hungarian (Bóné) : from bóné denoting a particular kind of fishing net, hence a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or perhaps for a maker of such nets.
Female
Hebrew
(×ï‹×¨Ö¸×”-לִי) Hebrew name ORALEE means "my light." Compare with another form of Oralee.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : variant of Grass 3.English : variant of Grace.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : from a nickname meaning ‘good’, from Old French bon ‘good’. Compare Bone 1.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Bohon in La Manche, France, of obscure etymology.Dutch : from Middle Dutch bone, boene ‘bean’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a bean grower or a nickname for a man of little importance (broad beans having been an extremely common crop in the medieval period), or possibly for a tall thin man (with reference to the runner bean).The renowned American frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734–1820) was born in Reading, PA, into a Quaker family. His grandfather was a weaver who had emigrated from Exeter in England to Philadelphia in 1717.
Female
English
English form of French Aurélie, ORALIE means "golden."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Bond.Scandinavian : status name for a farmer, from Old Norse bóndi ‘farmer’. Compare Bond. In Sweden Bonde is both a personal name and the name of an old aristocratic family.Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead named Bonde, from Old Norse bóndi ‘farmer’ + vin ‘meadow’.
Female
English
Feminine variant spelling of English unisex Tracy, TRACIE means "place of Thracius."
Male
English
Pet form of English Anthony, possibly TONE means "invaluable."Â
Male
Hawaiian
Hawaiian name BANE means "long-awaited child."
Female
English
 Variant spelling of English Oralie, ORALEE means "golden." Compare with another form of Oralee.
Female
English
Pet form of English Grace, GRACIE means "pleasing, agreeable."
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sun, Fire
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Self-respect; Bravery
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Son of Yamraj (Lord of Death)
Boy/Male
Hebrew, Hindu, Indian
From Tamar
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Stony Field
Girl/Female
German, Latin
Little and Womanly; Strength; Female Version of Charles or Carl
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
One who Gives Light
Boy/Male
Latin
Bean farmer. Famous Bearer: 50's singer Fabian.
Female
Persian/Iranian
 Short form of Persian Zenana, ZENA means "woman." Compare with another form of Zena.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Rock; Form of Peter
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
a.
Having (such) bones; -- used in composition; as, big-boned; strong-boned.
n.
Alt. of Orache
n.
A miracle play.
n.
One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridae; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow.
imp. & p. p.
of Oracle
n.
See Grackle.
a.
Manured with bone; as, boned land.
n.
In America, any one of several species of the genus Icterus, belonging to the family Icteridae. See Baltimore oriole, and Orchard oriole, under Orchard.
a.
Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.
v. t.
To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays.
n.
See Treacle.
n.
Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.
a.
Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish.
n.
Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
a.
Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.
n.
Arable land; plow land.
v. i.
To utter oracles.
n.
One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body.
n.
The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
v. t.
To fertilize with bone.