The pinyin of Chenchen is [chēnchēn] 1. Introduction to Chinese characters Modern Chinese characters refer to the regularized Chinese characters in block letters, including traditional Chinese characters and simplified characters.

Modern Chinese characters evolved from oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, large seal scripts (Zhou script), small seal scripts, official script, cursive script, regular script, running script, etc.

Chinese characters were invented, created and improved by the ancestors of the Han nation, and are an indispensable link to maintain the various dialect areas of the Han nation.

The earliest extant Chinese characters are the oracle bone inscriptions of the Yin and Shang Dynasties around 1300 BC and the later bronze inscriptions. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, they evolved into the Zhou script, and then to the small seal script and official script of the Qin Dynasty. By the Han and Wei dynasties, the official script became popular. By the end of the Han Dynasty, the official script became regular script.

Block letters.

Regular script was popular in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and was widely used.

2. The theory of the origin of Chinese characters. From the ancient legend of Cangjie’s creation of characters to the emergence of oracle bone inscriptions more than 1,000 BC, Chinese scholars of all ages have been committed to uncovering the mystery of the origin of Chinese characters.

Regarding the origin of Chinese characters, various schools have always had different opinions. Among them, the more influential theories are: the rope knotting theory, the Bagua theory, the engraving theory, the Cangjie creation theory, the engraving theory and the picture theory.

3. Spread After the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the feudal system of "feudal relatives, with vassal Pingzhou" became an important political system. The geographical space of Zhou people's feudalism has been quite vast: from Liulihe Yan Kingdom in the north to Suizhou Yejiashan Zeng Kingdom in the south

, east to Shandong Qi State, many early Zhou bronze vessels have been unearthed. Compared with the Shang Dynasty, the number and location of unearthed bronze inscriptions have greatly increased.

It is worth noting that most of the bronze vessels of the vassal states in the early Western Zhou Dynasty are the same as those of Zhou Wangji. There are no obvious differences in the shape, decoration and craftsmanship of the vessels, especially the inscriptions and calligraphy. Many of them can even be regarded as written by one person.

It can be seen that with the Great Enfeoffment, Zhou people, their institutions, and culture realized cross-regional flow, and Chinese characters spread in all directions from the Central Plains, achieving a large-scale spread across the land of China.

4. Character creation method The character creation method of Chinese characters is a character creation method summarized by the ancients based on the structure of Chinese characters and the rules of character creation.

There are six ways to create Chinese characters, also known as the "six books" - pictograms, meanings, pictographs, meanings, pretexts and transliterations.

The "Six Books" first appeared in "Zhou Li", but the specific content was not stated.

Xu Shen of the Eastern Han Dynasty perfected the "Six Books" in his book "Shuowen Jiezi". Modern scholars have made many improvements on the basis of "Shuowen Jiezi", including three books, four books, etc.

But "Six Books" is still a widely recognized method of making characters.