Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Components (hierarchy name)
4. components (objects parts)
5. [components by specific context]
6. information form components
7. [script and type forms]
8. scripts (writing)
9. [scripts by form]

Narrower term/s

• cursive script (Chinese scripts)[+]
  • draft cursive script
  • modern cursive script
  • wild cursive script
• clerical script[+]
  • Han clerical script
  • Qin clerical script
• running script[+]
  • running-cursive script
  • running-standard script
• seal script[+]
  • bronze script
  • great seal script
  • oracle bone script
  • small seal script
• standard script (Chinese script)
• slender gold script
• tie (Chinese script)

Anotations

Scope note:

Ancient forms of writing originating from Asia, dating to the Shang dynasty (ca. 1600-1046 BCE). Chinese calligraphy evolved from pictographs into the many characters that are written today. Early characters or pictographs have been discovered inscribed into pottery or bone dating back over 4000 years ago. There are five main types of Chinese calligraphy: seal script (zhuan-shu); official script know as clerical script (li-shu); block script called regular script or (kai-shu); semi-cursive script called running script (xing-shu); and cursive script known as grass script or (cao-shu).