Kato Seal Script

Japanese: 科斗篆 - かとてん
Kato Seal Script

…An ancient Chinese imaginative style of writing. Also called Ke Dou Wen or Ke Dou Seal. This was the style of writing when Cangjie first created Chinese characters. Since there were no brushes or ink yet, he wrote the characters on a bamboo pole dipped in lacquer. The characters had a thick head and a thin tail, resembling a tadpole, hence the name. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Ka Dou Seal Script" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国古代の空想的な字体の文字。科斗文,科斗篆(てん)ともいう。蒼頡(そうけつ)がはじめて漢字を作ったときの字体がこれで,まだ筆と墨とがなかったため,竹挺(たけべら)に漆をつけて文字を書いたが,その字体は頭が太く尾は細くなって科斗(おたまじゃくし)に似ていたのでこの名がつけられたとされる。…

※「科斗篆」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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