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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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-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
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
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
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
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
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)
Polysemous figure in ancient Chinese mythology
enigmatic elements were graphically simplified from the ancient Oracle bone script and Seal script pictographs for kui (夔) showing "a face of demon, two arms
Kui_(Chinese_mythology)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Prominent Shang dynasty diviner
a prominent diviner during the Shang dynasty, appearing in over 800 oracle bone inscriptions. They are known to have served Wu Ding and Zu Geng during
Zheng_(diviner)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
Ancient Chinese ritual bronze vessel
of elites during the Shang dynasty. Their ritual use is indicated by oracle bone inscriptions that suggest that they were used to heat and pour wine during
Jue_(vessel)
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
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
Person said to be uncivilized or primitive
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
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
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 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
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
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)
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
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
Chinese-based Vietnamese writing system
variety of methods, including phono-semantic compounds. This composite script was therefore highly complex and was accessible to the less than five percent
Chữ_Nôm
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
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
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
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
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
Full-size luxury SUV
logo. The daytime running lights on both sides are inspired by the oracle bone script character for "water" and are made by Huawei. A continuous light bar
Voyah_Taishan
Millennium between 2000 BC and 1001 BC
destruction of Troy VII. 1045 BC – Zhou dynasty founded in China. Chinese Oracle bone script. Tumble polishing: Indians invented polishing method in the 10th century
2nd_millennium_BC
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
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
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
Legendary inventor of Chinese writing
possible yet meaningless Han characters. Neolithic signs in China Oracle bone script Cangjie input method Media related to Cangjie at Wikimedia Commons
Cangjie
One of the Five Classics of ancient Chinese literature
Changbao 过常宝 claims that the graph for announcement (誥), known since the Oracle bone script, also appears on two bronze vessels (He zun and Shi Zhi gui 史[臣+舌]簋)
Book_of_Documents
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
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
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
Founder and first king of the Shang dynasty
transcriptions by scholars depending on the interpretation of the oracle bone script character. The character yi in these names implies the day in which
Tang_of_Shang
Chinese view of a supreme God
Di's representatives. The earliest references to Shangdi are found in oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang dynasty in the 2nd millennium BC, although
Shangdi
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
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
Chinese character radical
the sixth Celestial stem. Oracle bone script character Bronze script character Large seal script character Small seal script character The radical is also
Radical_49
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)
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bone 1.German : variant of Bonitz.
Girl/Female
English American Irish Latin
Grace.
Female
Yiddish
 Yiddish name derived from the word bin(e), BINE means "bee." Compare with other forms of Bine.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : variant of Grass 3.English : variant of Grace.
Male
Hawaiian
Hawaiian name BANE means "long-awaited child."
Female
English
Feminine variant spelling of English unisex Tracy, TRACIE means "place of Thracius."
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."
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.
Boy/Male
English French
Good; a blessing. American frontier hero Daniel Boone.
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’.
Male
English
Pet form of English Anthony, possibly TONE means "invaluable."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bone 2.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Bone, of Latinate origin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the adjective bony, denoting a scrawny individual with prominent bones.
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.
Girl/Female
Latin American English Irish
Grace.
Female
English
English name derived from Italian Orabella, ORABEL means "golden beautiful."
Female
Hebrew
(×ï‹×¨Ö¸×”-לִי) Hebrew name ORALEE means "my light." Compare with another form of Oralee.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, Jamaican, Latin
Beauty of Form; Graceful; Grace of God; Favour; Blessing
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, Dutch, German, Hebrew
Bitter
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Musical Instrument
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the female personal name (A)mabel (see Mabbitt).
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, Greek, Latin
Star; Esther; Stella; Inspiring
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sharunitha | ஷாரà¯à®¨à¯€à®¤à®¾
Attractive
Boy/Male
Tamil
Jhithin | ஜà¯à®¹à¯€à®¤à¯€à®¨
Undefeatable
Girl/Female
English
beverage brandy used as a given name.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, Hebrew
Supplanter; He who Supplants
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vritant | வà¯à®°à¯€à®¤à®¾à®‚த
Description, Narration of An event
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Telugu
Rising; Lord Vishnu
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
ORACLE BONE-SCRIPT
n.
Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
n.
Alt. of Orache
a.
Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish.
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.
v. i.
To utter oracles.
n.
A miracle play.
a.
Manured with bone; as, boned land.
n.
Arable land; plow land.
imp. & p. p.
of Oracle
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.
a.
Having (such) bones; -- used in composition; as, big-boned; strong-boned.
v. t.
To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays.
n.
See Treacle.
a.
Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.
n.
The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
n.
Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.
n.
See Grackle.
v. t.
To fertilize with bone.
a.
Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.
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.