But some scholars take the view that these connected characters are similar to the characters of the Dongyi culture, and are distinct from the oracle bone writing system, or that they are a relic of a writing system which was later abandoned, "a writing system which reached a dead end."
但也有學者認為，連寫字應屬類似於東夷文化的字，有別於甲骨文系統，或者是古代人後來廢棄不用字的前身，是一種「走入歧途的原始文字」。