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History of Chinese Writing System
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Stephanie Chan, Hannah Mieczkowski,
Michael Oduro, Constantine Sargentini
The History of the Chinese Writing System
Development
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Origins
Oracle Bone Inscriptions
- Carved on tortoise shells and animal scapulas
- Mainly used for divination and keeping records of events that happened in the late Shang Dynasty (1300 BC - 1046 BC)
Oracle Bones
Bronze
- more symmetrical and simplified characters
Seals
- positioning and complexity become consistent
- characters are roughly square in shape
- strokes become lengthened, curved and complicated
Official/Clerical Script
- curved strokes become straighter
- overall number of strokes reduced
- different components merged into one
- some components modified and simplified
Six Kinds of Original Chinese Characters
Development cont.
Clerical script was turning point from
ancient to modern Chinese writing.
Regular Script
- Smoother and straighter strokes
- Clear and easy to read and write
- Stroke order was standardized
- Over 3,000 characters forms were eliminated or changed in some way
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