What is this script called?


I have seen this script many times before, but the best information anyone can
give me is that they are archaic and almost no one uses them. Here is a photo
of the characters then versus now: [![old
script.png](https://i.stack.imgur.com/g7Pcv.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/g7Pcv.jpg)




There are five distinct scripts in that picture, all reflecting forms of the
Chinese writing system.

From left to right, we have: oracle bone script (甲骨文{こうこつぶん}), bronze script
(金文{きんぶん}), seal script (篆文{てんぶん}), and then modern handwriting (traditional
and Japanese simplified). Oracle bone script is the earliest attested form of
the Chinese script.

One theory is that the character 樂 depicts a set of drums mounted on a rack --
this can be better seen from the oracle bone inscription.




There are five distinct scripts in that picture, all reflecting forms of the
Chinese writing system.

From left to right, we have: oracle bone script (甲骨文{こうこつぶん}), bronze script
(金文{きんぶん}), seal script (篆文{てんぶん}), and then modern handwriting (traditional
and Japanese simplified). Oracle bone script is the earliest attested form of
the Chinese script.

One theory is that the character 樂 depicts a set of drums mounted on a rack --
this can be better seen from the oracle bone inscription.

