yīn​xū​shū​qì

oracle bone script

  1. Yinxu
    Ruins of the capital of the late Shang dynasty, located in present-day Anyang, Henan province; a UNESCO World Heritage site famous for the discovery of oracle bones and bronze artifacts.
  2. written characters
    (literary) written script or characters used for record-keeping; the invention of writing as a replacement for keeping records with knotted cords