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正字通

Mandarin · pinyin Zhèng zì tōng

Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈 Zhāng Zì liè in 17th century

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正: zhèng · right, proper, correct
字: zì · letter, character, word
通: tōng · pass through; common; communicate

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4–4–1 · Zheng4 zi4 tong1

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