说文解字

Traditional form:

說文解字

Pinyin (reading):

Shuōwén Jiězì

Definitions:

• Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎／许慎 ( Xǔ Shèn) in 2nd century

Characters:

• 说 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 文 - culture, literature, writing
• 解 - to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
• 字 - character, letter, symbol, word

Traditional characters:

• 說 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 文 - culture, literature, writing
• 解 - to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
• 字 - character, letter, symbol, word