A Study of Origin of Chinese Character's Shape, Meaning, Pronunciation besed on Oracle Bones Inscriptions

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870904
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: History of Asia and Africa; Linguistics
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: OCHIAI Atsushi 立命館大学, 文学部, 非常勤講師 (20449531)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 甲骨文字 / 漢字の成り立ち / 全文検索データベース / 甲骨文字データベース / 甲骨文字辞典

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study is to clarify the origins of Chinese characters as the main objective, with a focus on analysis of the oracle bones inscriptions that is the oldest of the Chinese character document. Announced the "The Character Type Adjustment of Inscriptions on Oracle Bones" as the paper, also published the "Origins of Chinese Characters" as a book for the general public. The former is discussed how to set up a first character in the dictionary production, the latter shows the such as the history of Chinese characters, and problems of modern research and new research methods. And it was produced and published "The Dictionary of Oracle Bones inscriptions" as the final outcome.

Free Research Field

甲骨文字研究