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    甲骨文

    甲こう骨こつ文ぶん

    oracle bone script

    KMT10News #47+1NounHistoryLiteratureKanji Vocab19 strokes

    こうこつぶん

    Noun

    1.
    oracle bone script

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    甲こう骨こつ文ぶんは古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの文も字じである。

    Oracle bone script is an ancient Chinese writing system.

    KMT10HistoryLiterature
    甲こう骨こつ文ぶんは亀かめの甲こう羅らや獣けものの骨ほねに刻きざまれた。

    Oracle bone script was carved onto turtle shells and animal bones.

    KMT10HistoryLiterature
    甲こう骨こつ文ぶんの研けん究きゅうは、殷いん王おう朝ちょうの歴れき史しを知しる上うえで非ひ常じょうに重じゅう要ようだ。

    The study of oracle bone script is extremely important for understanding the history of the Shang Dynasty.

    KMT10HistoryLiteratureScience & Math
    考こうこつ古ぶんがき学ざまれた者いぶつをは、甲っ骨くつ文しが刻 まれた遺 物 を発 掘 した。

    Archaeologists excavated artifacts inscribed with oracle bone script.

    KMT10HistoryScience & Math
    甲こう骨こつ文ぶんは漢かん字じの起き源げんの一ひとつと考かんがえられている。

    Oracle bone script is considered one of the origins of Chinese characters.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    甲
    きのえ…(6)
    armor・high (voice)・A grade・first class・former…(2)
    骨
    ほね…(1)
    skeleton・bone・remains・frame
    文
    ふみ・あや…(5)
    sentence・literature・style・art・decoration…(3)
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