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说文解字

Traditional form:

說文解字

Pinyin (reading):

Shuōwén Jiězì

Definitions:

  • Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎/许慎 ( Xǔ Shèn) in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries

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