Chinese family of scripts
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The Chinese family of scripts includes writing systems used to write various East Asian languages, that ultimately descend from the oracle bone script invented in the Yellow River valley during the Sh
Ox scapula bearing oracle bone script, the common ancestor system of the Chinese family of scripts
An example of Chinese bronze inscriptions on a bronze vessel – early Western Zhou (11th century BC)
Bronze edict plate with Tangut characters
Oracle bone script
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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 into oracle bones, usually either the shoulder
Chinese family of scripts
…The Chinese family of scripts (汉字系文字) includes writing systems used to write various East Asian languages, that ultimately descend from the oracle bone script invented in the Yellow River valley during the Shang dynasty. These include written Chinese itself, as well as adaptations of it for other languages…
Shang Inscribed Ox Scapula
Fragments of divination on bull scapula
Table of the Chinese sexagenary cycle inscribed on an ox scapula, dating to the reigns of the last two kings of the Shang dynasty during the first half of the 11th century BC
An annotated oracle bone inscription (composite of Heji 29990 and 30174) recording a divination about rain.