TheoraclebonescriptformoftheChinesecharacter“星”（xng）iscomposedoftwocirclesrepresentingstarsandthecomponent“生”（shng）。

Oracle bone script, which emerged in the late Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.), is the earliest mature writing system in China. The source of Chinese characters and the foundation of China's ...

Jiaguwen, or oracle-bone inscriptions, that were excavated from the Yinxu Ruins, were records of practicing divination and ...

A large quantity of oracle bones excavated from the Yinxu site in Anyang, Central China's Henan province, are housed at a museum there. [Photo provided to China Daily] On Nov 8, during a total ...

Boasting a history of more than 3,000 years, oracle bone script, the earliest Chinese writing inscriptions carved on tortoise shells and animal scapulas, has been given modern meanings with a new ...

Generally speaking, oracle bone inscriptions refer to characters recorded during the Shang Dynasty. Besides being carved on turtle shells and ox scapulae, characters were also cast on bronze ware or ...

Chen, a professor at the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University, has devoted himself to studying and designing oracle bone script since 1999. So far, Chen has issued six sets of animated ...

Lots of oracle bones have been found in China which were created during the Shang Dynasty. Find out what they are in this Bitesize Primary KS2 history guide.

Pattern recognition algorithm could determine if a 3,000-year-old oracle bone was written by someone left-handed or right-handed.