DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

說文解字

简说文解字 · 繁說文解字

Mandarin · pinyin Shuō wén Jiě zì

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

Characters in this entry

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

1–2–3–4 · Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

5character links1source reference

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

syut3 man4 gaai2 zi6

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.