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甲骨文

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
甲骨文 jiǎgǔwén	甲骨文 \| 甲骨文* \| *甲骨文	oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
甲	甲 \| 甲* \| *甲	5画田由甲申 + 0	jiǎ	armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem	gaap3	6050.0 WL


骨	骨 \| 骨* \| *骨	9画骨 + 0	gǔ, gū, gú	bone; skeleton; frame, framework; Kangxi radical 188	gwat1	7722.7 BBB


文	文 \| 文* \| *文	4画文 + 0	wén, wèn	literature, culture, writing	man4	0040.0 YK

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
甲骨文 jiǎgǔwén	甲骨文 \| 甲骨文* \| *甲骨文	oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)


甲 jiǎ	甲 \| 甲* \| *甲	first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°


甲骨 jiǎgǔ	甲骨 \| 甲骨* \| *甲骨	tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones


骨　gū	骨 \| 骨* \| *骨	used in 骨碌碌 / used in 骨碌 / used in 骨朵


骨　gǔ	骨 \| 骨* \| *骨	bone


文　　Wén	文 \| 文* \| *文	surname Wen


文　　wén	文 \| 文* \| *文	language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67