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1. Chinese Characters

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   Oracle Bone Script and Bronze Inscriptions
   The earliest securely datable form of Chinese writing is the Oracle Bone Script (Jia Gu Wen), inscribed primarily on ox scapulae and turtle plastrons used for divination during the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BCE). These characters were predominantly pictographic and ideographic. Subsequent standardization occurred during the Zhou Dynasty through Bronze Inscriptions (Jin Wen), which exhibited thicker, more formalized strokes suited for casting in metal [paleogra…