Evolution of Chinese Characters
May 06, 2021
1 minute
(Compiled by Beijing Review)
he Chinese script emerged about 5000 years ago when the early humans used pictographs, drawing what they saw around them and expressing their thoughts. The, followed by more complex inscriptions on bronze ritual objects found from the Zhou Dynasty (about 1100-256 B.C.) known as , referring to metal or, more precisely, bronze.
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