oracle bone

English

Noun

oracle bone (plural oracle bones)

1. A piece of turtle shell or bone used for divination during the late Shang dynasty of China.

Derived terms

• oracle bone script

Translations

piece of turtle shell or bone used for divination

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甲骨 (zh) (jiǎgǔ)

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• Finnish: oraakkeliluu
• Hungarian: jóslócsont
• Japanese: 甲骨 (こうこつ, kōkotsu)
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• Spanish: hueso oracular m