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甲骨文 (こうこつぶん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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時じ
代だい
に
使つか
わ
れ
た
最さい
古こ
の
漢かん
字じ
の
一ひと
つ
です
。
Oracle bone script is one of the oldest forms of Chinese characters, used during the Yin dynasty.
Kanji 甲 armor, high (voice), A grade 文 sentence, literature, style Related words 金きん 文ぶん 金文 refers to inscriptions on bronze vessels, a later development than oracle bone script.
篆てん 書しょ 篆書 is a seal script style that evolved after oracle bone and bronze inscriptions.
Etymology From 甲骨 (こうこつ, 'turtle shell and animal bone') + 文 (ぶん, 'writing, script'). The term directly describes the medium and nature of the script.
