(archaeology) the Bronze Age

Chinese bronze inscriptions / bronze script

to chop, mince / to carve, to cut / to tick away, to keep time

(archaic) antique, old-fashioned / (colloquial) ancient

ancient times, antiquity, remote ages

(historical or contemporary) any of several kingdoms, empires, or states of the Chinese people

the central part of a country, historically, commonly known as the capital city or the main region, where an emperor or other ruler resides / something within a country

Short for 中国地方 (Chūgoku chihō): the Chūgoku region of Japan

a surname

a letter, a character (symbol for a sound or a word) / (linguistics) script, writing system / (specific to Japanese) a written mora, a kana / writing in general, written words