There are various legends about the origin of Chinese characters.

China ancient books said that Chinese characters were created by Cang Xie. Say Cang Xie, look.

A strange-looking god.

In particular, the face looks like a painting with words, so Cang Xie described his image and created words. According to some ancient books,

After Cang Xie wrote the words, because the secret was leaked, millet fell from the sky, and ghosts and gods cried every night. There is also a legend that says

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He observed the footprints of birds and animals printed on the soil, which inspired him to invent words. None of these legends are reliable. writing

Chinese characters are gradually enriched and developed by the working people through long-term social practice according to the needs of real life.

The evolution of Chinese characters

Chinese characters have changed for more than 6,000 years, and the evolution process is as follows: Oracle Bone Inscriptions → bronze inscription → seal script → official script → regular script → running script. The evolution of Chinese characters can be simply summarized into five stages: sound, shape, image, number and reason.

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After gradual evolution,

Later, they all changed the shape of the original characters into later square fonts. Reduced some strokes, increased some strokes, and changed from irregular font to regular font.