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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)
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kanji archaic-language writing-identification calligraphy
What is this script called?
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.
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