竹书纪年

Traditional form:

竹書紀年

Pinyin (reading):

Zhúshū Jìnián

Definitions:

• Bamboo Annals, early chronicle of Chinese ancient history, written c. 300 BC

Characters:

• 竹 - bamboo; flute
• 书 - book, letter, document; writing
• 纪 - discipline, age; period, era; record, annal
• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age

Traditional characters:

• 竹 - bamboo; flute
• 書 - book, letter, document; writing
• 紀 - discipline, age; period, era; record, annal
• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age