1, Oracle Bone Inscriptions: Oracle Bone Inscriptions is one of the earliest forms of Chinese characters. Its writing style is very old and simple, and it is usually used for carving on tortoise shells and animal bones.
2. Bronze inscription: Bronze inscription is a font form in Shang Dynasty and Western Zhou Dynasty. Compared with Oracle Bone Inscriptions, inscriptions on bronzes are more fluent and complicated in structure.
3. Seal script: Seal script is a font form of the Qin Dynasty. It is characterized by square strokes and scrawled calligraphy, showing a relatively simple feeling as a whole.
4. Official script: Official script is a font form in Han Dynasty. It is a simplified variant of seal script, with more elegant strokes and smoother lines.
5. Regular script: Regular script is the standard writing form of Chinese characters and the basic writing method of modern Chinese characters. Regular script strokes are dignified, structured and very clear and easy to read.
6. Running script: Running script is a writing style between regular script and cursive script. Compared with regular script, running script is more scribbled and freehand, which has certain artistic characteristics of calligraphy.
7. Cursive script: Cursive script is a scribbled writing form of Chinese characters, with concise strokes and distorted structure, which is usually used for sketch and artistic creation.
These are some typical Japanese characters, each of which represents a different historical period and calligraphy style. With the passage of time, the writing forms of Chinese characters have also changed, and there may be some personalized variations among different calligraphers.
The meaning of Japanese characters
Japanese kanji usually refers to the glyph representing "sun" in Chinese characters, and can also represent time, date and brightness. Japanese Chinese characters may have different meanings in different contexts. As an independent word, Japanese words mainly mean the sun. It can represent the beginning of a day, and it can also symbolize positive concepts such as light, warmth and vitality.
In addition, Japanese characters can also be used as units of measurement for time and date. For example, "day" can mean "day" or a specific date. In Japanese, "Japan" means "the land of sunrise" and "the eastern country". In different contexts, Japanese characters may have other implied meanings, so the specific interpretation may need to be determined according to the specific context.