What were the characteristics of the initial stage of the development of Chinese characters? How did

When Chinese characters first developed, they actually developed from a kind of drawing, which was all image painting at the beginning, and gradually became oracle bone inscriptions.

1. The earliest writing appeared in the late Yin Shang period in the 14th century BC, when a preliminary stereotyped script, the oracle bone inscription, was formed. The oracle bone inscription is both a pictogram and a phonetic character, there are still some pictographs in the Chinese characters that are the same as the pictures, and the evolution process of the Chinese characters is very vivid and has undergone more than 6,000 years of changes, the order is the oracle bone inscription, the golden script, the big seal, the small seal, the official script, the regular script, the cursive script, the line script, etc.

2. Three stages in the history of the development of Chinese characters:

The first stage is the pictorial writing stage. Writings before the Shang Dynasty all belong to this stage. The second stage is the phonetic writing stage based on the ideographic script and with the phonetic script as the main body.

Writings from the oracle bone inscription to the Qin dynasty belong to this stage. The third stage is the stage of morphophonetic characters with the main body and some morphophonetic characters and phonetic characters remaining, from the Qin and Han dynasties to modern Chinese characters.

1. Chinese characters have undergone more than 6,000 years of changes, and their evolution process is: oracle bone inscription (Shang) Jin Wen (Zhou) small seal (Qin) Lishu (Han) Kaishu (Wei and Jin) Xingshu, and the above seven fonts of "Jiajin Seal Licao Kaixing" are called "Chinese Character Seven Bodies".

1. Oracle bone inscription: The text written on tortoise shells and animal bones at all times in the Shang Dynasty is called "oracle bone inscription". Started from the Shang Dynasty.

2. Jin Wen: It is an inscription cast on bronze in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Also known as Zhong Dingwen. Jin Wen has thick and wide strokes, and the dot painting is round, and Jin Wen is more standardized than oracle bone inscriptions.

3. Great Seal: In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the shape of Jin Wen tended to be linear, and the strokes were relatively neat and symmetrical.

5. Lishu: The strokes of the seal script are round. The symbolism is clearly greatly strengthened. The small seal text is standardized, but it is inconvenient to write, and a simpler font is popular among the people, called Lishu.

6. Regular script: In the late Han Dynasty, official script evolved into regular script. There are no changes to the glyph knots, and it is easier to write.

7. Cursive: Cursive is characterized by joint strokes, simple knots, and unrestrained glyphs.

8. Xingshu: Xingshu is a font between regular script and cursive script, which is simpler than regular script and easier to identify than cursive script.

2. About Chinese characters.

1. Origin: The Chinese archaeological community has released a series of excavated materials related to the origin of writing earlier than the Yinxu oracle bone inscription. The Jiahu inscription has been physically determined by carbon 14 and is about 7762 years (128 years) old; There are also 7,000 years ago Shuangdun inscriptions, 6,000 years ago Banpo pottery symbols, more than 5,000 years ago Qingdun ruins inscriptions, Zhuangqiao tomb ruins text with words into sentences, Dawenkou pottery symbols, Yaoshun era Tao Temple ruins Zhu Wen, Xia Ruin water book.

The early bone inscriptions are rich writing systems, and the later ones belong to the initial maturity stage. These archaeological discoveries may be important clues to the origin of Chinese characters, or they may be different sources of the development of various scripts.

In the early 80s of the century, on the pottery excavated at the Dengfeng Xia cultural site in Henan, a more complete text was found. This is the earliest written language that has been confirmed by scholars to have an exact age in Japan so far.

3. Introduction: Chinese characters are one of the oldest scripts in the world, with a history of at least 4,000 years, and the earliest existing recognizable mature Chinese character system is the oracle bone script of the Shang Dynasty. In form, Chinese characters gradually change from graphics to strokes, pictograms to symbols, and complexity to simplicity. In the principle of word making, from the form, ideogram to shape and sound.

With very few exceptions, it is one syllable per character.

The development of Chinese characters has gone through the following stages:1Oracle period (14th century BC - 3rd century BC):

The oracle bone inscription is a script used for divination and sacrifice, and its form is relatively simple, mainly composed of pictographic, signifying, and guiding. 2.Jin Wen and Seal Script Period (3rd century BC - 2nd century AD):

Jin Wen and Seal Script are the main fonts in the feudal period, the shape is relatively neat, the use of beautiful lines and shapes, has high artistic value. 3.Lishu period (2nd century A.D. - 3rd century A.D.):

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to the official career and cultural needs, Lishu became the main font, and its writing norms and concise and neat style of dressing up became the cornerstone of later regular script and line calligraphy. 4.Period: Regular script and Xingshu period (4th century AD - 10th century AD):

The writing of Chinese characters reached its peak, with regular script and line script becoming the main fonts, with regular script being used for formal occasions such as calligraphy, seals, and official documents, and Xingshu being used for daily writing and literary creation. 5Cursive and subordinate variant period (after 10th century AD):

After the Tang and Song dynasties, the cursive calligraphy style developed rapidly, and there were variants and eclectic fonts in Lishu, and most of the fonts used in daily life today are based on this variant, and the writing and expression of Chinese characters are more flexible and diverse. Overall, the history of the evolution of Chinese characters reflects the profound heritage of Chinese culture and the spirit of continuous innovation. It is an indispensable cultural heritage of the Chinese nation and one of the most important components of traditional Chinese culture.