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Origin of Chinese Characters Oct 26th 2011, 10:08 Origin of Chinese Characters As we know, written Chinese is not an alphabetic language. We call Chinese characters as 'squared characters' and they are. They seems very complicated and hard to learn. But Chinese is the most used language in the world and certainly one of the most beautiful languages. It will be interesting to know its origin. The development of Chinese characters can be dated back to about 4,500 years as discovered at Yanghe, Shandong Province in recent years. There are about a dozen pottery wine vessels unearthed, which have a character each. Those characters are quite close to the oracle inscriptions carved by the ancients of the Shang Dynasty (16th to 11th century B. C.). Here is a simple timeline of the development of Chinese characters. Related Links: The Mythic Chinese Unicorn Zhi The Development of Chinese Characters and Calligraphy Shang Dynasty Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Bronze Vessels Oracle Inscriptions (Jiaguwen): ChinaVista Origin of the Chinese Script Sources of Shang History : The Oracle Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China A book by David N. Keightley. Oracle bone collections in the United States A book by Hung-hsiang Chou. Language Resources

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