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说文解字

ShuōwénJiězì

Traditional: 說文解字

Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen [[許慎|许慎<XǔShèn>]] in 2nd century

Noun

Character Breakdown

说
shuō
to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
HSK 1
文
wén
culture, literature, writing
HSK 3
解
jiě
to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
HSK 3
字
zì
character, letter, symbol, word
HSK 1

Additional Information

Category
Chinese
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