鸟虫书 niǎo chóng shū

DEFINITIONS

  1. bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆书, but with characters decorated as birds and insects

CHARACTERS

鸟 niǎo
HSK 3
bird; KangXi radical 196
虫 chóng
HSK 5
insects, worms; KangXi radical 142
书 shū
HSK 1
book, letter, document; writings