The Origin of Chinese Characters is Briefly Introduced from Twelve Chinese Zodiac Signs

The Origin of Chinese Characters is Briefly Introduced from Twelve Chinese Zodiac Signs 从十二生肖入手,简述汉字起源 

  Oracle is one of the earliest found Chinese characters, evolved from picture writing. A turtle deck or shoulder blade of cattle was used for carving , they  then became the original Chinese character. 甲骨文是目前最早發現的漢字，由圖畫文字演變而成。甲是烏龜的甲板，骨是牛的肩胛骨；甲骨文就是刻在龜甲或牛骨上的文字。 Any of the twelve animals, representing the twelve Earthly Branches, used to symbolize the year in which a person is born。They are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. 十二生肖也被称为十二年兽。在中国的历法上有十二只年兽依次轮流当值，所以我们的中国年就有以鼠，牛，虎，兔，龙，蛇，马，羊，猴，鸡，狗和猪应用在历法中。  The following will show you that the original Chinese characters on Oracle and the modern Chinese characters。 下面显示的是甲骨文和现代文本。