古文字学 gǔwénzìxué paleography Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 古文字 gǔwénzì ancient script ancient writing or characters; specifically refers to the Chinese scripts used before the Qin dynasty, such as 甲骨文 jiǎgǔwén, 金文 jīnwén, and 篆书 zhuànshū学 學 xué nounaffix branch of learning (bound form) a subject or branch of study; often used as a suffix for -logy, -ics, or -science