The origins and origins of Chinese characters are as follows:

Chinese characters originated as primitive drawings and came from ancient writings on tortoise shells and animal bones. Archaeology confirms that in the early Shang Dynasty, Chinese civilization had developed to a fairly high level, and one of its main features was the appearance of oracle bone inscriptions. Oracle bone writing is an ancient script engraved on tortoise shell and animal bones. In the Shang Dynasty, the king had to divine before doing anything, and the oracle bone was the tool used in divination.

The bones were processed before they were used. First, the flesh and blood on the bone was removed, and then it was sawn and smoothed. Then, on the inner surface of the armor or the reverse side of the animal bone with a knife drilling notches. These notches are arranged in an orderly fashion. The evolution of Chinese characters is a process of gradual standardization and stabilization of Chinese character fonts.

Characteristics of Chinese Characters:

Characters are one of the oldest scripts in the world, and have had a great influence on the surrounding area, 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.