说文解字

Traditional: 說文解字
Shuō wén Jiě zì
Dictionary entry
Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[Xu3 Shen4] in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries

What does 说文解字 mean?

说文解字 (Shuō wén Jiě zì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[Xu3 Shen4] in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries

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说文解字
Shuō wén Jiě zì
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