Chinese Writing

acters allographs already ancient texts appear Autumn period bamboo and wooden bamboo slips borrowed graph borrowed to write bronze inscriptions calligraphy Chinese characters Chinese script Chinese writing cited clerical script clerical script forms created cursive script depicts derived differentiated form element example extended meaning graphic forms graphic shapes graphic symbols Hànshū homographs homophonous interchangeable graphs jade juàn later loangraph matrigraphs morphemes neo-clerical script oracle bone original meaning orthograph phonetic symbols phonograms pictographic pictographic symbols pronunciation protoform Qín Qin dynasty referred represent rime seal forms semantic extension semantic symbols semantographs semi-cursive script sense shì Shijing Shijing Ode Shuōwén sign graph signific simplified form small number small seal script Spring and Autumn standard script strokes style of script syssemantograph tomb usages viewed Wáng Warring States period Wénwù wénzì Western Zhou wooden slips word writing system written forms Yán Yáng Zhang Zhèng Zhonghuá zhòuwén zhuàn