金きん文ぶん

noun

Chinese bronze inscriptions; bronze script

Refers to ancient Chinese writing cast or engraved on bronze vessels and objects, especially from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Used in historical and archaeological contexts.

• この青せい銅どう器きには金きん文ぶんが刻きざまれている。

  This bronze vessel is inscribed with bronze script.

• 金きん文ぶんは甲こう骨こつ文も字じよりも後あとの時じ代だいに使つかわれた。

  Bronze script was used later than oracle bone script.