甲骨文

jiǎ gǔ wén

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1. oracle script
2. oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)

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Words Containing 甲骨文

• 甲骨文字 甲骨文字 jiǎ gǔ wén zì: oracle script

Child Words of 甲骨文

• 文 文 wén: language
• 甲 甲 jiǎ: first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
• 甲骨 甲骨 jiǎ gǔ: tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones
• 骨 骨 gǔ: bone