JOURNAL OF QUJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY ›› 2016, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 62-67.

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Knowing the Origin of Chinese Character from the Structure of the Oracle

Liang Xiaoqiang   

  1. Research Center of Copper Business History and Cultures,Qujing Normal University,Qujing Yunnan 655011, P.R. China
  • Received:2016-08-26 Online:2016-09-26

Abstract: The primitiveness of character configuration proves its originality in Shang, whose system is an orderly and mature system of characters using a variety of word building methods, in accordance with certain rules. The system has its writing and its corresponding phonological system which make the system a complicated one that needs to be taught and learned to understand.

Key words: oracle, structure, Chinese characters, origin

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