Thursday 20 September 2012

The 3 History Jis

There are several words and characters for History in Chinese. 
Here's 3 of them that are very similar in sound although written with different characters.




What's the reason for this?
Bamboo Books! 

Well books made of long bamboo or wooden strips.


 Side bound paper books and scrolls of paper or silk were a later development.

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