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Chinese bronze inscriptions

Chinese bronze inscriptions, also referred to as bronze script or bronzeware script, comprise Chinese writing made in several styles on ritual bronzes mainly during the Late Shang dynasty (c. 1250 – c. 1046 BC) and Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 – 771 BC). Types of bronzes include zhong bells and ding tripodal cauldrons. Early inscriptions were almost…

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Zhou dynasty inscriptions

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Bopomofo
ㄐㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊ · ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Canton Romanization
gem1-men4 · zung1-ding2-men4
Chinese
金文
Chữ Hán
金文
Hanyu Pinyin
jīnwén · zhōngdǐngwén
IPA
[tɕín.wə̌n] · [kɐm˥ mɐn˩] · [ʈʂʊ́ŋ.tìŋ.wə̌n] · [tsʊŋ˥ tɪŋ˧˥ mɐn˩]

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Chinese bronze inscriptions

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related to Inscribed bronzes · 9
Chinese bronze inscriptions → Chinese, Examples, In, Of, Shang, Song, The, These, Zhou
IPA · 4
Chinese bronze inscriptions → [kɐm˥ mɐn˩], [tsʊŋ˥ tɪŋ˧˥ mɐn˩], [tɕín.wə̌n], [ʈʂʊ́ŋ.tìŋ.wə̌n]
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Chinese bronze inscriptions → TranscriptionsRevised HepburnkinbunKunrei-shikikinbun, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinjīnwénBopomofoㄐㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊWade–Gileschin1-wen2Tongyong Pinyinjin-wúnIPA[tɕín.wə̌n]Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationgāmmàhnJyutpinggam1 man4C…, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinzhōngdǐngwénBopomofoㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˊWade–Gileschung1-ting3-wen2Tongyong Pinyinjhong-dǐng-wúnIPA[ʈʂʊ́ŋ.tìŋ.wə̌n]Yue: CantoneseYale Romaniz…
Bopomofo · 2
Chinese bronze inscriptions → ㄐㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊ, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Canton Romanization · 2
Chinese bronze inscriptions → gem1-men4, zung1-ding2-men4
Hanyu Pinyin · 2
Chinese bronze inscriptions → jīnwén, zhōngdǐngwén
Jyutping · 2
Chinese bronze inscriptions → gam1 man4, zung1 ding2 man4
Literal meaning · 2
Chinese bronze inscriptions → bell and cauldron writing, bronze writing
Tongyong Pinyin · 2
Chinese bronze inscriptions → jhong-dǐng-wún, jin-wún
Wade–Giles · 2
Chinese bronze inscriptions → chin1-wen2, chung1-ting3-wen2

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bronze inscriptions zhou shang script bronzes period chinese writing states dynasty early qin warring late western forms scripts oracle also

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Chinese bronze inscriptionsBopomofoㄐㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊ1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsBopomofoㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˊ1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsCanton Romanizationgem1-men41.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsCanton Romanizationzung1-ding2-men41.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsChinese金文1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsChữ Hán金文1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsHanyu Pinyinjīnwén1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsHanyu Pinyinzhōngdǐngwén1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsIPA[tɕín.wə̌n]1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsIPA[kɐm˥ mɐn˩]1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsIPA[ʈʂʊ́ŋ.tìŋ.wə̌n]1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsIPA[tsʊŋ˥ tɪŋ˧˥ mɐn˩]1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsJyutpinggam1 man41.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsJyutpingzung1 ding2 man41.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsKanji金文1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsKunrei-shikikinbun1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsLiteral meaningbronze writing1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsLiteral meaningbell and cauldron writing1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsRevised Hepburnkinbun1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsSimplified Chinese钟鼎文1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsTongyong Pinyinjin-wún1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsTongyong Pinyinjhong-dǐng-wún1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsTraditional Chinese鐘鼎文1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinjīnwénBopomofoㄐㄧㄣ ㄨㄣˊWade–Gileschin1-wen2Tongyong Pinyinjin-wúnIPA[tɕín.wə̌n]Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationgāmmàhnJyutpinggam1 man4C…1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinzhōngdǐngwénBopomofoㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄣˊWade–Gileschung1-ting3-wen2Tongyong Pinyinjhong-dǐng-wúnIPA[ʈʂʊ́ŋ.tìŋ.wə̌n]Yue: CantoneseYale Romaniz…1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised HepburnkinbunKunrei-shikikinbun1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsVietnameseKim Văn1.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsWade–Gileschin1-wen21.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsWade–Gileschung1-ting3-wen21.00infobox
Chinese bronze inscriptionsYale Romanizationgāmmàhn1.00infobox

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