The evolution of China fonts: Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Dazhuan, Xiaozhuan, Lishu, Regular Script, (cursive script, running script) five fonts (some of which have been simplified, plus simplified regular script, a total of seven fonts). A few figures in inscriptions on bronze were replaced by characters or Warring States scripts. 1. Oracle Bone Inscriptions: The characters written on tortoise shells and animal bones in Shang Dynasty are called "Oracle Bone Inscriptions". Since Shang dynasty.

2. Bronze inscription: It is an inscription carved on bronze in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Also known as Zhong Dingwen. Bronze inscriptions have thick and wide strokes and round and muddy stippling. Jinwen is more standardized than Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

3. Da Zhuan: In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, bronze inscriptions tended to be straight and the strokes were neat and symmetrical; Xiao Zhuan: Li Si arranged and simplified Chinese characters according to the writing norms of Qin State, and promoted them throughout the country. This new font is called Xiao Zhuan.

4. Official script: seal script strokes turn. The symbolic meaning is obviously greatly enhanced. Small seal script is standard in writing, but inconvenient in writing. A simpler font is called official script, which is very popular among the people.

5. Regular script: At the end of Han Dynasty, official script evolved into regular script. The twists and turns have not changed, and writing is easier.

6. Cursive script: Cursive script is characterized by many strokes, simple structure and thick font.

7. Running script: Running script is a font between regular script and cursive script, which is simpler than regular script and easier to identify than cursive script.

Extended introduction

Chinese characters in a broad sense refer to characters from Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Dazhuan, Jinwen, Xiewen and Xiaozhuan to official script, cursive script, regular script (and derived running script), while Chinese characters in a narrow sense with block letters as the standard writing method are also widely used today. Chinese characters were invented and improved by ancient Han ancestors. Now the exact history can be traced back to Oracle Bone Inscriptions of Zhang Wen and Jin Wen, about the Shang Dynasty in 65438 BC+0300 BC.

Then it came to Xiao Zhuan in the Qin Dynasty, and it developed into Li Bian in the Han Dynasty, which became the standard of handwritten fonts used today in the Tang Dynasty-block letters. Chinese characters have developed to a highly complete level in ancient times. They are not only used in China, but also used as the only international communication language in East Asia for a long time. Before the 20th century, they were the official written and standardized characters of Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam and other countries, and all East Asian countries created their own Chinese characters to some extent.