甲骨文字

Reading

Kana: こうこつもじ

Romaji: koukotsumoji

Definition

noun

1

ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and carapaces

Note: yojijukugo

See also: 亀甲獣骨文字

Kanji

甲

Readings: コウ、 カン、 きのえ

Meanings: armor, high (voice), A grade, first class, former, instep, carapace

骨

Readings: コツ、 ほね

Meanings: skeleton, bone, remains, frame

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

字

Readings: ジ、 あざ、 あざな、 -な

Meanings: character, letter, word, section of village