Also known as oracle bones
pieces of ox scapula or turtle plastron used for pyromancy in ancient China
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Vinony's link graph records 381 inbound references to 甲骨, and connects out to writing, Sexagenary cycle and oracle bone script.
It is catalogued under topics including Archaeology of China, Bone carvings and Chinese inscriptions.
Vinony links it to 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Chinese
- 甲骨
- Literal meaning
- Shell and bone
- Hanyu pinyin
- Jiǎgǔ
- Wade giles
- Chia -ku
- Ipa
- [tɕja ̌ .ku ̀ ]
- Romanization
- Chiaʔ-kueʔ
- Yale romanization
- Gaap-gwāt
- Jyutping
- Gaap3 gwat1
- T i l
- Kah-kut ( col. ), Kap-kut ( lit. )
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- bone
- Image
- Chinese oracle bone (16th-10th C BC) - BL Or. 7694.jpg
- Has use
- oracle bone script
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- Commons category
- Oracle bones
- different from
- oracle bone script
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