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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 in Cantonese

gaap˗₃甲gwatˉ¹骨manˎ₄文
Mandarin Pinyin: jia3 gu3 wen2

Meaning of 甲骨文

nounoracle bone inscriptions -- one of the earliest forms of recorded Chinese writing (around 1500 B.C.), modern Chinese characters descended from these characters

Example Sentences with 甲骨文

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 甲骨文

甲gaap3
shell; crust; nail
文man4
liberal arts; humanities | [ant] 理

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