guī​jiǎ​shòu​gǔ​wén​zì

oracle bone script

龟甲兽骨文字 龜甲獸骨文字 guī​jiǎ​shòu​gǔ​wén​zì
oracle bone script
The oldest system of Chinese writing, consisting of characters carved onto tortoise shells and animal bones during the Shang and Zhou dynasties; these records were primarily used for divination
Kōkotsu Moji
A collection of oracle bone rubbings compiled by the Japanese scholar Taisuke Hayashi; the first book of its kind published in Japan

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