| Vocabulary is the important element of the grammar. The vocabulary of the Zhou Dynasty is not only inherit the vocabulary of Inscriptions on Bones or Tortoise Shells and epigraph in Shang Dynasty, but also gives birth to the vocabulary of the dynasty of Qin and Han. The inscriptions on the bronze wares of the Zhou dynasty are simultaneous materials, and they are true and abundant. They ought to be first-hand datum if we should study the language and culture of the Zhou dynasty. It is necessary of the vocabulary study of the inscription on the bronze wares of the Zhou dynasty to form the ancient vocabulary system, What's more, to form the whole Chinese vocabulary system. Paper is based on the inscription on the bronze wares of the Zhou Dynasty. First we put the words in order, then according the different compound ways, we explore the classifying, the examples, the time division, the meaning, the culmination and the decay ,the grammar in the paper . Finally, we want to display the overall characteristics of these compound words, And hope to be of value to the compiling the history of Chinese vocabulary. |