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说文解字
說文解字
ShuōwénJiězì
1. 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 9 丶
文
wén
culture, literature, writing
HSK 3 4 丶
解
jiě
to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
HSK 3 13 丶
字
zì
character, letter, symbol, word
HSK 1 6 丶

Compound Words (1)

说文解字注
ShuōwénJiězìZhù
Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) by Duan Yucai [[段玉裁<DuànYùcái>]]

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Chinese