John Gutt-Jankowski's Assignment 1

一）I'll be covering the caracter 鸟

二）Ι found this website on Kanji history: http://www.kanjigraphy.com/mainpages/info/history.html

1. The oldest writing material comes from the Shang dynasty (1500 B.C. - 1066 B.C.) on tortoise shell's.
2. In the Age of the Three Kingdoms (220 A.D. - 589 A.D.) is when "square style", "semi-cursive" and "cursive style" were invented for faster writing.
3. The "square style" created in the Later Eastern Han dynasty and is what modern Kanji is based upon.