Jurchen script

E388588
historical script logographic script writing system

The Jurchen script was a writing system developed by the Jurchen people to record their Tungusic language, used primarily during the Jin dynasty in northern China.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jurchen script canonical 2
Khitan Small Script 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical script ⓘ
logographic script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedEthnicity Jurchen ⓘ
creator Wanyan Xiyin ⓘ
dateOfIntroduction 1119 ⓘ
declineAfter fall of the Jin dynasty ⓘ
developedFrom Khitan large script ⓘ
hasComponent phonetic elements ⓘ
semantic elements ⓘ
hasInscriptionExample Jin dynasty epitaphs ⓘ
Jurchen stele inscriptions ⓘ
hasTranscriptionSystem romanization based on reconstructed values ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese script ⓘ
ISO15924Code Jurc ⓘ
languageFamily Tungusic languages ⓘ
modernDescendantLanguage Manchu ⓘ
surface form: Manchu language
officiallyPromulgatedBy Jin dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Jin dynasty court
periodOfUse 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
relatedScript Chinese script ⓘ
Khitan script ⓘ
Classical Mongolian script ⓘ
surface form: Mongolian script
replacedBy Chinese writing ⓘ
Classical Mongolian script ⓘ
surface form: Mongolian script
scriptComplexity partially deciphered ⓘ
scriptDirection columns ordered right-to-left ⓘ
top-to-bottom ⓘ
written vertically ⓘ
scriptType logographic-syllabic ⓘ
status extinct script ⓘ
studiedInField historical linguistics ⓘ
paleography ⓘ
timeOfCreation early 12th century ⓘ
UnicodeBlock Jurchen ⓘ
UnicodeVersionAdded Unicode 8.0 ⓘ
usedBy Jurchen ⓘ
surface form: Jurchen people
usedFor administrative documents ⓘ
coins and medallions ⓘ
epitaphs ⓘ
military documents ⓘ
official inscriptions ⓘ
seal inscriptions ⓘ
usedInDynasty Jin dynasty ⓘ
usedInRegion northern China ⓘ
writingMedium metal inscriptions ⓘ
paper documents ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
wooden tablets ⓘ
writingSystemFor Jurchen ⓘ
surface form: Jurchen language
writingSystemOf Jin dynasty state ⓘ
writingSystemStatus not fully understood ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jin dynasty → introducedScript → Jurchen script ⓘ
Supplementary Ideographic Plane → contains → Jurchen script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khitan Small Script
Supplementary Ideographic Plane → scriptCoverage → Jurchen script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khitan Small Script
Jurchen → usedScript → Jurchen script ⓘ