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oracle bone script

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oracle bone script

Summary

oracle bone script is a logographic writing system[1]. It draws 952 Wikipedia views per month (logographic_writing_system category, ranking #4 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • oracle bone script is credited with the discovery of Wang Yirong[3].
  • oracle bone script's image is recorded as 虎-slip.svg[4].
  • oracle bone script's image is recorded as Shang dynasty inscribed scapula.jpg[5].
  • oracle bone script's image is recorded as Shang Bronze and Oracle Script.svg[6].
  • oracle bone script's image is recorded as Oracle bone graphs rotated 90 degrees.svg[7].
  • oracle bone script's image is recorded as Zhou-inscription.png[8].
  • oracle bone script's instance of is recorded as logographic writing system[9].
  • oracle bone script's instance of is recorded as natural writing system[10].
  • oracle bone script's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet[11].
  • oracle bone script's instance of is recorded as writing system[12].
  • oracle bone script's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00566311[13].
  • oracle bone script's Commons category is recorded as Oracle bone script[14].
  • oracle bone script's language of work or name is recorded as Old Chinese[15].
  • -1500-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of oracle bone script[16].
  • oracle bone script's end time is recorded as -1050-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • oracle bone script's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02flfh[18].
  • oracle bone script's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oracle bone script[19].
  • oracle bone script's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300343583[20].
  • oracle bone script's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-cn', 'text': '甲骨文'}[21].
  • oracle bone script's different from is recorded as oracle bone[22].
  • oracle bone script's uses is recorded as oracle bone[23].
  • oracle bone script's studied by is recorded as oracle bone studies[24].
  • oracle bone script's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19551414[25].
  • oracle bone script's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19557607[26].
  • oracle bone script's named by is recorded as Lu, Maode[27].

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Works and Contributions

oracle bone script is credited with the discovery of Wang Yirong[3].

Why It Matters

oracle bone script draws 952 Wikipedia views per month (logographic_writing_system category, ranking #4 of 12).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . tsinghua.org.cn. tsinghua.org.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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