On The Frequency Classification of the Inscriptions on Bronze of Shang Dynasty
Miao Li-juan · Yindu Journal · 2011
Up till the end of 2009,we conclude that the number of characters on bronzes of Shang Dynasty is 1343,and 569 of which can be explained by present-day words.The number of the frequent characters which have more than 10 frequency is 203.The number of those less frequently used characters which have more than 2 frequency and less than 10 is 515.The number of the infrequent characters which only have 1 frequency is 625.Among them,the most frequent character is 父,which exceeds thousand.The next one was 亚.In the high-frequency characters,there are no function words,verbs and numbers.All of them are nouns,such as the ten heavenly stems,the twelve rarthly branches and the appellation of relatives.