| Do you know the evolvement history of Chinese characters and how to Learn Chinese characters? |
| Labels: study Chinese, Chinese, mandarin, Chinese Character |
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Evolvement of Chinese Characters |
| Sun 日 | Moon 月 | Car 车 | Horse 马 |
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Oracle Bone Script 甲骨文
|  | | Inscriptions on bronze 金文 | | Seal Script 小篆 | Clerical Script 隶书 | Regular Script 楷书 | Cursive Script 草书 | Semi-Cursive Script 行书 |
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| Dates | Dynasty of China | Characters | | 2000-1500 B.C. | Xia | Oracle Bone Script | | 1700-1027 B.C. | Shang | Oracle Bone Script | | 1027-221 B.C. | Zhou | Inscriptions on bronze | | 221-207 B.C. | Qin | Seal Script / Clerical Script | | 206 B.C.-Now | Han - Now | Regular Script / Cursive Script / Semi-Cursive Script | |
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| Notes: |
Seal Script was created by Li Si, Prime Minister, at early time of
Qin Dynasty. Qin unified the whole China, so a united script
is necessary. |
Source: http://www.learnmandarinonline.org/characters.html
1 comment:
hey!
you know how you said i should work on the 4th tone, well i've been trying to find the link on your blog, where you can actually hear them being said in words, well i can't seem to find that link anymore.
rachell.
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