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甲骨 (gaap3 gwat1) — tortoise shell and animal bones used in divination; oracle bone inscriptions (early Chinese script) in Cantonese

gaap˗₃甲gwatˉ¹骨
Mandarin Pinyin: jia3 gu3

Meaning of 甲骨

nountortoise shell and animal bones used in divination; oracle bone inscriptions (early Chinese script)

Example Sentences with 甲骨

soengˉ¹商ciuˎ₄朝jauˏ₅有gaap˗₃甲gukˉ¹骨manˎ₄文。
The Shang Dynasty had oracle bone script.
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Characters in 甲骨

甲gaap3
shell; crust; nail

Words Containing 甲骨

甲骨文gaap3 gwat1 man4
oracle bone inscriptions -- one of the earliest forms of recorded Chinese writing (around 1500 B.C.), modern Chinese characters descended from these characters

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