Author(s)

Yin Zhou^1,2

¹Humanities College, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, China.
²Chinese History Postdoctoral Research Station, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.

Dongba scripture is an important pictograph, and the study of dongba script helps to study the origin and development of writing. Through Lijiang dongba scripture, we find there is a special way to create new script by the change of the script’s shape, called variant pictographs. This article researches on the variant pictograph.

Dongba Script, Variant Pictograph, Lijiang Area

Zhou, Y. (2018) Study on the Variant Pictograph of Dongba Script in Lijiang Area. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 6, 335-342. doi: 10.4236/jss.2018.611025.