What are the characters of rubbing oracle bones as follows:
The oracle bone inscriptions are from 廻, which looks like rubbing a rope. Scholars may interpret it as rubbing. It belongs to the combined pictogram in the six books. Regular script is written by hand and has poor pronunciation. The word "ru" comes from "hand" as the meaning symbol, indicating the movement of the hands; from "cha" as the sound symbol, which does not have both meanings. According to "Shuowen", the original meaning of the character "cha" is "二ye, difference is not the same." "Value" has nothing to do with the original meaning of the word "ru".
Extended information
Oracle bone inscriptions, also known as "deeds", "oracle bone inscriptions", "Yinxu inscriptions" or "tortoise and animal bone inscriptions", are the earliest ones discovered in China so far. The mature writing system is the source of Chinese characters and the root of China's excellent traditional culture. The remains of oracle bone inscriptions from the early Shang Dynasty were mainly found in Zhengzhou Shangcheng, and those from the late Shang Dynasty were represented by the Yin Ruins in Anyang.
Oracle bone inscriptions are the most important writing in the late Shang Dynasty. Archaeological discoveries have found a large number of oracle bones, totaling more than 100,000 pieces. The contents are mainly divination records of the Shang royal family, and can also be seen from the tribes of many states. Emblem name. Oracle bone inscriptions contain approximately 4,000 characters, reflecting the basic composition of the written symbol system.
Compared with the stereotyped ancient Chinese character symbol system established in "Shuowen Jiezi", oracle bone inscriptions already have various types of Chinese character configurations, as well as the "four bodies" in the traditional "Six Books", that is, pictograms. , referring to things, knowing things, and pictographic sounds, indicating that in the late Yin and Shang Dynasties, Chinese characters represented by oracle bone inscriptions had basically established their configuration methods, and the configuration system had gradually developed and matured.
Characteristics of characters
Oracle bone inscriptions are characters engraved or written on tortoise shells and animal bones. It was unearthed in the Xiaotun Village area of ??Anyang, Henan Province. Because it was the capital of Shang Wang Pangeng to Emperor Xin in the late Shang Dynasty, it was called "Yin" in history. After the Shang Dynasty destroyed the country, it became a ruin, and later generations named it "Yin Ruins". Oracle bone inscriptions are also called "Yinxu inscriptions". Most of its contents are royal divination words, so it is also called "divination words" or "zhen divination words". This kind of writing is basically made of deeds, and is also called "Qi Wen" or "Yin Qi".
Oracle bone inscriptions date back more than 3,000 years. It is not only the earliest and systematic data for studying the origin of Chinese characters, but also an important asset for studying oracle bone calligraphy. From the perspective of calligraphy, oracle bone inscriptions already have the three basic elements of calligraphy: pen use, word knotting, and composition.