What is the earliest Chinese character in China?

Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the earliest known systematic writing in China and one of the four ancient Chinese characters in the world.

It has pictographic, reference, comprehension, pictophonetic characters, phonetic notation, annotation, borrowing and other methods, which indicates that it has entered a mature stage. Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Yin Ruins is a record of divination of Yin people. Oracle Bone Inscriptions divination in ancient China has a long history, and it was the most popular in Yin Ruins. Almost everything in Shang Dynasty was divined by kings and nobles, and divination became an important part of social life in Shang Dynasty.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the cultural product of Shang Dynasty (about17th century BC-1century BC), which was discovered in Yin Ruins in Anyang City, Henan Province, China, about 3600 years ago.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions has a symmetrical and stable pattern. Prepare three elements of calligraphy, namely, using a pen, finishing words and composing music. Judging from the number and structure of fonts, Oracle Bone Inscriptions has developed into a more rigorous and systematic writing. The "six-character" principle of Chinese characters is reflected in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. But the traces of the original picture and the original words are still obvious.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the cultural product of Shang Dynasty (about17th century BC-1century BC), about 3600 years ago. 2017165438+1On October 24th, Oracle Bone Inscriptions successfully passed the evaluation of the International Advisory Committee of UNESCO Memory of the World Project and was selected into the Memory of the World Register.

Refer to Oracle Bone Inscriptions (China Ancient Characters) Baidu Encyclopedia.