鸟虫书

Traditional form:

鳥蟲書

Pinyin (reading):

niǎochóngshū

Definitions:

• bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書／篆书 (zhuànshū), but with characters decorated as birds and insects

Characters:

• 鸟 - bird
• 虫 - insect, worm; mollusk
• 书 - book, letter, document; writing

Traditional characters:

• 鳥 - bird
• 蟲 - insect, worm; mollusk
• 書 - book, letter, document; writing