3.2K views · 39 reactions | Oracle bone script was an ancestor of modern Chinese characters engraved on oracle bones—animal bones or turtle plastrons used in pyromantic divination—in the late 2nd millennium BC, and is the earliest known form of Chinese writing. The vast majority, amounting to about 150,000 pieces, were found at the Yinxu site located in China’s Henan Province. This is an oracle bone character. Can you guess what it is? | CCTV | Facebook

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