Jurchen script
Escritura jurchen
- Date
- 1119 (grande) y 1138 (pequeña) · confidence medium
- Place
- Acheng, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Credited to
- Wanyan Xiyin, commissioned by Jin Emperor Taizu
- People
- 👤 Wanyan Xiyin?–1140
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A logographic script derived from Chinese characters and the Khitan script, created for the Jin dynasty. There was a large version (1119) and a small one (1138).
Its decipherment depends on Ming-dynasty Chinese-Jurchen glossaries; it remains partial.
What it led to
- Jin administration and examinations
- bilingual inscriptions such as the Jurchen stele
- the source of the Manchu script