Write the evolution of Chinese characters: oracle bone script - jinwen - seal script - official script - regular script - cursive script - running script.
Handwriting Chinese characters, also known as Chinese and Chinese characters, alias square characters, is the recording symbol of the Chinese language and belongs to the ideographic word-syllable script. It is one of the oldest scripts in the world, with a history of more than 6,000 years. In form, it has gradually changed from graphics to strokes, hieroglyphics to symbols, and complexity to simplicity; and in the principle of character creation, it has changed from ideograms, ideophones to morphophones.
Except for very few Chinese characters (such as kilowatt, kilogram, centigram, ft, 嗧, etc.), all of them are one character and one syllable. Modern Chinese characters are regularized Chinese characters in regular script, including traditional and simplified characters. Modern Chinese characters, i.e., evolved from oracle bone inscriptions, jinwen, the Great Seal Script (seal script), the Small Seal Script, to the official script, cursive script, regular script, and running script.
Chinese characters were invented and improved by the ancestors of the Han people, and are an indispensable link between the various dialects of the Han people. The earliest surviving Chinese characters are the oracle bone inscriptions of the Yin and Shang dynasties from about 1300 B.C.E. and the gold inscriptions from later on, which evolved into the pre-Han script during the Western Zhou Dynasty, and then the small seal scripts and the official scripts of the Qin Dynasty, which were prevalent in the Han and Wei Dynasties, and then became the Regular Script at the end of the Han Dynasty. The regular script prevailed in the Wei, Jin, and North and South Dynasties.
Chinese characters are by far the longest continuously used script, and the only ones inherited from the major writing systems of the ancient times, and have been used as the main official script in China throughout the ages. In ancient times, Chinese characters also served as the only script for international communication in East Asia, and were still the official written standardized script in Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam, and the Ryukyus until the 20th century, with all East Asian countries creating their own Chinese characters to some extent.
Characteristics of Chinese characters:
Chinese characters are one of the oldest scripts in the world, and their influence on the surrounding area is also very great, being the mother character of other scripts. It is a written symbol for recording events. In form, it gradually changed from a graphic to a square-shaped symbol made up of strokes, which is why Chinese characters are generally called "square characters".
It has evolved from a pictogram (ideogram) to a phonetic script that also expresses sound and meaning, but the overall system is still ideographic. Therefore, Chinese characters are characterized by the integration of image, sound and meaning. This characteristic is unique among the world's scripts, and therefore it has a unique charm.
Chinese characters are the treasures of thousands of years of culture of the Han people, our lifelong mentors and friends, and everyone's spiritual home. Chinese characters can often cause us wonderful and bold associations, giving people the enjoyment of beauty. Chinese characters are also the bond of the soul of the nation, in a foreign country to make a living, Chinese characters are a kind of support, even if it is a plaque, a small piece of paper, the above square characters will be like a magnet to attract you.