Kanji, which refers to the Chinese characters used in Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean writing systems, are thought to have originated along the Yellow River in China, around 2000 B.C., when cracks on burned bones, used for divination, were interpreted as real objects, giving a written representation of that object.Or at least this is the most widely accepted version. The (alternative) traditional Chinese version involves the mystic Chinese emperor and supposedly founder of the Chinese civilization, Huandgi, who had a minister named Cang Jie. Cang Jie invented a writing system, the legend says, observing bird steps on the ground. The God of Heaven was so impressed by this display of ingenuity that he caused grain to fall from the skies as a sign of his satisfaction with mankind. This is nothing more than an interesting legend and Cang Jie himself is represented with 2 pairs of eyes.
