English Explanatory Dictionary

oracle bone script

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The set of incised ancient Chinese characters found on oracle bones used in divination during Bronze Age China.

Word forms

oracle bone script

Etymology

Coined by American missionary Frank Herring Chalfant in 1906.

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