Chinese characters have undergone more than 6,000 years of changes. The evolution process is: Oracle (Shang) → Bronze Inscriptions (Zhou) → Xiaozhuan (Qin) → Official Script (Han) → Regular Script (Wei and Jin) → Running Script, and above. The seven fonts of "Jiajin Seal Script, Li Cao Kaixing" are called "Seven Chinese Characters".
1. Oracle Bone Inscriptions: The characters written on tortoise shells and animal bones during the Shang Dynasty were called "Oracle Bone Inscriptions". Began from the Shang Dynasty.
2. Bronze inscriptions are inscriptions cast on bronze vessels during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Bronze inscriptions have thick and wide strokes and are rounder than oracle bone inscriptions. More standardized.
3. Large Seal Script: In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the inscriptions tended to be linear, and the strokes were more neat and symmetrical.
4. Small Seal Script: Li Si followed the writing standards of the Qin State. Chinese characters were organized and simplified, and this new font was called Xiaozhuan.
5. Official script: The symbolism of the seal script is obviously greatly strengthened, but it is inconvenient to write and is popular among the people. A simpler font is called official script.
6. Regular script: In the late Han Dynasty, official script evolved into regular script. The shape and structure of the characters did not change much, and writing was easier.
7 , Cursive script: Cursive script is characterized by connected strokes, simple structure, and unrestrained glyphs.
8. Running script: Running script is a font between regular script and cursive script. It is simpler than regular script and easier to read than cursive script. /p>
2. About Chinese characters
1. Origin: The Chinese archaeological community has released a series of unearthed materials that are earlier than the Yin Ruins oracle bone inscriptions and related to the origin of characters. Carbon 14 of the Jiahu Talisman Scripture. Physical determination shows that it has a history of about 7762 years ago (±128 years); there are also Shuangdun engraved symbols from 7,000 years ago, Banpo pottery symbols from 6,000 years ago, and Qingdun site engraved symbols and ligatures from more than 5,000 years ago. The text in Zhuangqiao Tomb Site, the symbols of pottery statues in Dawenkou, the Zhu inscriptions on the Taosi Site in the Yao and Shun era, and the early bone inscriptions on Xia Xu are a rich writing system, and the later ones are in the preliminary mature stage. It may be an important clue to the origin of Chinese characters, or it may be the different origins of the development of various characters.
2. In the early 1980s, more pottery was discovered at the Xia cultural site in Dengfeng, Henan. Complete writing. This is the earliest writing in my country that has been confirmed by scholars to date.
3. Introduction: Chinese characters are one of the oldest writings in the world, at least more than 4,000 years old. In the history of China, the earliest recognizable mature Chinese character system is the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty. The shape of Chinese characters gradually changed from graphics to strokes, pictograms to symbols, and complexity to simplicity. . With very few exceptions, they are all one Chinese character and one syllable.
See all 17 answers
2020 Newborn Baby Names_Chinese Character Encyclopedia_Birthday Names_Free Names
View all 17 answers
p>
Chinese character encyclopedia, pick out high-scoring and nice-sounding names, analyze surname patterns, name your baby, automatically choose names, children’s names, rename children, Chinese character encyclopedia
Tongling Xiangyuan Culture Technology Yes.. Advertisement
A complete collection of Chinese characters_A complete collection of Chinese characters for eight-character names_A complete collection of newborn names
A complete collection of Chinese characters, a difference of one name makes a huge difference, the quality of the name will have an impact Life! The complete collection of Chinese characters refers to the Book of Songs and the Chu Ci. The essence of good characters reduces the repetition rate. The complete collection of Chinese characters is combined with traditional scientific theories. It is fashionable and beautiful!
Anqing Tianzhang Information Consulting Service.. Advertisement
All related questions
What stages of evolution and development have Chinese character fonts gone through? What are the main characteristics of each?
There are about three stages. One is from Yin Shang oracle bone inscriptions, The Shang and Zhou Dynasty bronze inscriptions changed to Xiaozhuan, the second was from Xiaozhuan to official script, and the third was from official script to regular script. Oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions have been transformed into small seal scripts. The former is closer to the realistic pictograms of pictures, while the strokes of the latter are round and regular, gradually alienating from the physical form. The marks of the oracle bone inscriptions are obvious, while the bronze inscriptions are thickly molded. Their shapes are relatively random. Characters with few strokes occupy a small space, and characters with many strokes occupy a large space. The small seal script is neat in shape, with each stroke occupying one space. The transition from small seal script to official script was the biggest change in fonts, and it was the turning point from ancient characters to modern characters. The glyph structure of Xiaozhuan is broken, the pictographic meaning is weak, and the symbolism is strengthened. The round strokes of Xiaozhuan generally change into square folds and horizontal, left, and back strokes in official script. Xiaozhuan became official script, and the basic pattern of modern writing strokes was formed. From official script to regular script, except for some changes in the pen, the structure of the font has basically remained unchanged. There are also cursive and running scripts. Cursive script is the cursory writing style of various fonts. What is called cursive script now refers to specific fonts such as Zhangcao and Kuangcao. The fonts and brushwork of Kuangcao and official regular script are very different. The dragons and phoenixes are completely a work of art. They have been lost. The role of communication. Running script is a font between regular script and cursive script. It is not as regular as regular script, nor as casual as cursive script. It has become a commonly used font in daily life.
44 Views 5599
What stages of evolution and development have Chinese character fonts experienced?
Chinese characters are a recording tool invented by ancient Chinese ancestors. They are one of the oldest writing systems in the world, with a history of more than 4,500 years. Small seal script, official script, regular script, (cursive script, running script) and other calligraphy style changes.
Chinese characters: Chinese characters (Pinyin: Hànzì, phonetic symbols: ㄏㄢˋ ㄗˋ), also known as Chinese characters, Chinese characters, and square characters, are morpheme-syllabic characters of ideographic characters. Hanzi is the writing script for Chinese, and is also used to write Japanese, Korean/Korean and other languages. It is a script widely used in the Chinese character cultural circle. It is also the only highly developed morpheme script still widely used in the world. In a broad sense, Chinese characters refer to characters ranging from oracle bone inscriptions, large seal scripts, bronze inscriptions, Zhou scripts, and small seal scripts, to official script, cursive script, regular script, and derived running scripts. In a narrow sense, they refer to Chinese characters with block letters as the standard writing method, which are also modern Chinese characters commonly used today. Chinese characters were invented, created and improved by the Chinese people in ancient times. The current exact history can be traced back to the oracle bone inscriptions, Zhou inscriptions and bronze inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty around 1300 BC. From the small seal script in the Qin Dynasty, it developed to the Libian Dynasty in the Han Dynasty, and then to the regular script in the Tang Dynasty, which became the standard handwriting font used today - block script. Chinese characters are the longest continuously used script so far, and they are also the only scripts among the major writing systems in ancient times that have been passed down to this day. Chinese characters have been the main official script in all dynasties of China. Chinese characters have developed to a highly complete level in ancient times. They are not only used in China, but also served as the only international communication script in East Asia for a long time. Before the 20th century, they were the official written standard scripts of Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam, Ryukyu and other countries. , all East Asian countries have created Chinese characters on their own to a certain extent.
6 Views 1992019-11-03
What stages have Chinese characters roughly gone through? What are the main characteristics of each stage?
Chinese characters have roughly gone through seven stages. The divisions and main characteristics of each stage are: 1. Oracle bone inscriptions. In the late Yin and Shang Dynasties, "ideographic symbols" evolved into relatively stereotyped "oracle bone inscriptions", which are words carved on animal bones and turtle plates. This is the first stage of "Chinese characters" and also the "modern Chinese characters". "Ancestors. Oracle bone inscriptions have thin lines, many straight lines, and many turning points. 2. Bronze inscriptions. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, bronze vessels began to be used extensively, and the inscriptions engraved on bronze bells, tripods and stone drums appeared - "jinwen", also called bells, tripods and stone drums. The inscriptions are thick and thick, with many bends and lumps. 3. Seal script. The Qin Dynasty unified writing and measurement. Prime Minister Li Si collected and organized the writing at that time, cut out the complex and simplified it, and beautified and processed it, forming "Seal Script", also known as "Qin Seal", which is the collective name of Small Seal and Large Seal. When Chinese characters developed to the Xiaozhuan stage, they gradually began to take shape in terms of outline, strokes, and structure. The pictographic meaning weakened, making the characters more symbolic. 4. Official script. During the Western Han Dynasty, official script became popular and was called "Han Li". The official script takes full advantage of the writing characteristics of the brush, with the twists and turns of the "silkworm head and wild goose tail" writing, making it easy to write. 5. Regular script. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi of the Jin Dynasty created regular script. Regular script absorbs the rounded strokes of seal script and retains the squareness and straightness of official script, without the "silkworm head and swallow tail". The structure of Chinese characters was generally fixed, and it was called "real script" at that time. Later generations used this font as a model for learning calligraphy and renamed it regular script. 6. Cursive writing. From the early Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, Chinese characters appeared in cursive styles such as "Zhangcao", "Jincao" and "Kuaicao". The characteristics of cursive writing are fast writing, smooth flow, coherent writing, and extremely rhythmic and artistic appeal. 7. Running script. Starting from the Jin Dynasty, a kind of Chinese character called "running script" appeared between regular script and cursive script. Running script is not as formal and serious as regular script, nor is it as unrestrained and difficult to identify as cursive script. Instead, it is elegant and cheerful, and the handwriting is flexible and thorough. Therefore, it is still the most popular and commonly used Chinese character font.
98 views 35172017-09-03
Which periods are the evolution of Chinese characters divided into, and what are the main characteristics of each period?
The development experience of Chinese character fonts It has two major stages: ancient writing and modern writing. The stage of ancient writing can be divided into four stages: oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, large seal script and small seal script. Today's writing stage can be divided into several stages such as official script, cursive script, and regular script. The history of the evolution of Chinese character fonts: 1. Oracle bone inscriptions are popular characters in the Yin and Shang Dynasties more than 3,000 years ago. Oracle bone inscriptions mainly record the divination activities of the royal family and nobles of the Shang Dynasty. Because they are carved on tortoise shells and animal bones, they are called oracle bone inscriptions. The main characteristics of oracle bone inscriptions are: obvious pictorial features. Since they are carved on tortoise shells and animal bones with a knife, the strokes are relatively thin and the fonts vary in size. 2. Bronze inscriptions: Bronze inscriptions are also called bell and tripod inscriptions. They are inscriptions cast on bronze vessels such as bells and tripods, daily necessities, and weapons during the Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn Periods. In ancient times, bronze was called gold, so later generations called the writing on bronze vessels gold inscriptions. The bronze inscriptions mainly record the ruler's sacrifices, enfeoffment of princes, conquests, and the achievements of the vessel owners. The main characteristics of bronze inscriptions are: the strokes are fat and thick, the structure and lines tend to be neat, the pictorial features are significantly reduced, and the characters and symbols are enhanced. 3. Dazhuan Dazhuan is a popular Chinese character font in the Qin Dynasty during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The Dazhuan font was directly developed from the bronze inscriptions of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Its shape and structural characteristics are generally the same as those of the bronze inscriptions. The changes are small and standardized. From this, we can clearly see the traces of the development of Chinese character fonts. The main characteristics of large seal script are: the glyphs are neat and well-proportioned, the thickness of strokes are consistent, and they tend to be linear, which is a big step forward compared to bronze inscriptions. 4. Xiaozhuan Xiaozhuan is the standard font that became popular throughout the country after Qin unified the six kingdoms.
After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he implemented the policy of "writing with the same text", using the popular seal script of Qin as the basis for organizing Chinese characters, and modified the strokes and structure of the seal script to make it simpler and more standardized, thereby making the original complicated Chinese character fonts Unified, with a unified standard, this unified font is Xiaozhuan. Xiaozhuan is the first product of the standardization of Chinese characters in the history of our country and plays a very important role in the history of the development of Chinese characters. The popularization of Xiaozhuan ended the chaotic situation of more than a thousand years of Chinese character shapes and writing methods since the oracle bone inscriptions. The main features of Xiaozhuan are: simple and standardized strokes and structure, and highly unified fonts and glyphs.
23 Views 10532017-09-03
What stages have the evolution of Chinese characters gone through?
The evolution of Chinese characters has gone through oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, seal script, and official script , regular script, cursive script, running script and other stages. Regular script is commonly used today, but it has not yet been completely finalized. 1. Oracle bones: There are about 150,000 oracle bones and more than 4,500 single characters found. The contents recorded in these oracle bone inscriptions are extremely rich and involve many aspects of social life in the Shang Dynasty, including not only politics, military, culture, social customs, etc., but also science and technology such as astronomy, calendar, medicine, etc. 2. Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions refer to the characters engraved on the bronzes of the Yin and Zhou dynasties, also called bell and tripod inscriptions. The Shang and Zhou dynasties were the age of bronzes. The ritual vessels of bronzes were represented by tripods, and the musical instruments were represented by bells. "Zhongding" is synonymous with bronzes. Therefore, bell and tripod inscriptions or bronze inscriptions refer to the inscriptions cast or engraved on bronze vessels. 3. Large Seal Script represents the surviving Stone Drum Inscriptions, named after the script written by Taishi Zhen during the reign of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty. He carried out reforms on the basis of the original writing, which was named after it was carved on a stone drum. It is the earliest stone-engraved writing that has been handed down to this day, and is the ancestor of stone carving. It started in the late Western Zhou Dynasty and spread in the Qin State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The font is similar to Qin seal script, but the configuration of the glyphs often overlaps. 4. Xiaozhuan Xiaozhuan is also called "Qin Zhuan". During the Qin Dynasty, Li Si was ordered to unify the script, and this script was Xiaozhuan. Popular in the Qin Dynasty. The shape is relatively long, evenly rounded and neat, and it is derived from the large seal script. 5. Regular script Regular script is also called Zhengshu, or Zhenshu. Its characteristics are: square shape and straight strokes, which can be used as a model, hence the name. It began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. 6. Cursive script is a calligraphy style of Chinese characters. It was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script for the convenience of writing. 7. Running script is a font between regular script and cursive script. It can be said to be the cursive version of regular script or the regular script version of cursive script. It was created to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the difficulty of legibility of cursive script. The writing style is not as sloppy as cursive script, nor is it required to be as straight as regular script. Those with more regular script than cursive script are called "Xingkai". Those with more cursive than regular script are called "Xingcao". Running script was produced around the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Extended information: Chinese characters are characters used to write Mandarin and dialects of Chinese. They can also be borrowed to write Japanese, Korean/Korean and other languages. It is the only official script in China and one of the official scripts in Singapore. Its current exact history can be traced back to the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty. In Japanese, it is used mixed with hiragana and katakana. Chinese characters were once one of the official scripts of Lee's Joseon (Sejong of Joseon invented Hangul in the 15th century, also known as Hangeul/Korean). Currently, South Korea only uses Hanzi when Chinese characters are needed to avoid unclear word meanings, while North Korea all uses Hangul. Chinese spelling. Chinese characters, also known as Chinese characters, Chinese characters, and Chinese characters, are morpheme-syllabic characters of ideographic characters. Invented and improved by the Han people, it is one of the four oldest self-originating scripts in the world (cuneiform script in Mesopotamia, holy book script in ancient Egypt, oracle bone inscriptions in China's Shang Dynasty, and Mayan script), and it is also the only one among them that is still in use today. Word. Chinese characters are the longest continuously used script in the history of the world, and Chinese characters have been the main official script in all dynasties of China. The Libian Change was a milestone in the history of the development of Chinese characters. When Chinese characters developed to the official script of the Han Dynasty, they were named "Hanzi".