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oracle bone script

oracle bone script noun: the set of incised ancient Chinese characters found on oracle bones used in divination during Bronze Age China.

oracle bone script: the set of incised ancient Chinese characters found on oracle bones used in divination during...
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Noun

oracle bone script (uncountable)

  1. The set of incised ancient Chinese characters found on oracle bones used in divination during Bronze Age China.

oracle bone script meaning in Indonesian

oracle bone script in Indonesian

incised ancient Chinese characters found on oracle bones
aksara tulang ramalan

Origin of oracle bone script

Coined by American missionary Frank Herring Chalfant in 1906.

Questions about oracle bone script

What does oracle bone script mean?
Oracle bone script means the set of incised ancient Chinese characters found on oracle bones used in divination during Bronze Age China.
What is oracle bone script in Indonesian?
Oracle bone script in Indonesian is aksara tulang ramalan. See Oracle bone script meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is oracle bone script?
Oracle bone script is a noun.

Words near oracle bone script in the dictionary

  1. oraches
  2. orachs
  3. oracies
  4. oracle
  5. oracle bone
  6. oracle bone script
  7. oracle bones
  8. oracle card
  9. oracle cards
  10. oracle machine
  11. oracle machines

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