Japanese word for a specific definition of "writing"


I had been thinking about the invention of writing in human history when I
realised I didn't know its Japanese translation. What would be the closest
word for the following definition of "writing":

> Writing is a medium of human communication that involves the representation
> of a language through a system of physically inscribed, mechanically
> transferred, or digitally represented symbols... - [1]

I have come across 筆記 and 執筆, but judging from their dictionary and Wikipedia
entries, 筆記 seems to be the closest one [2].

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References:

  * [1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing>
  * [2] [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/筆記](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AD%86%E8%A8%98)




As mentioned by @sundowner in the comments,
[文字](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97) is the word I was
looking for.

I corroborated the claim by googling up `文字歴史`, getting the answers one would
expect from "the history of writing".




As mentioned by @sundowner in the comments,
[文字](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97) is the word I was
looking for.

I corroborated the claim by googling up `文字歴史`, getting the answers one would
expect from "the history of writing".

