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'''Oracle bone script''' (甲骨文 [[pinyin]]: jiǎ gǔ wén) are incised characters found on ox scapula and tortoise plastrons ([[oracle bonesbone]]s) thought to be the earliest [[Chinese characters]].

Oracle bone script is seen to develop over the several generations of [[Shang Dynasty|Shang]] kings, so there is no single defined form of for each character.