說文解字

See also: 説文解字 and 说文解字

Chinese

		to speak; to say; persuade (politically)	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (說文解字)		說	文	解	字
simp. (说文解字)		说	文	解	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shuōwén Jiězì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛ ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ man⁴ gaai² zi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Soat-bûn Kái-lī / Soat-bûn Kái-jī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shuōwén Jiězì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛ ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shuowún Jiězìh
    • Wade–Giles: Shuo¹-wên² Chieh³-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: Shwō-wén Jyě-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shuowen Jieetzyh
    • Palladius: Шовэнь Цзецзы (Šovɛnʹ Czeczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ wən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ man⁴ gaai² zi⁶
    • Yale: syut màhn gáai jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ man⁴ gaai² dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ men⁴ gai² ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ mɐn²¹ kaːi̯³⁵ t͡siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soat-bûn Kái-lī
    • Tâi-lô: Suat-bûn Kái-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatbuun kayli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴⁻²² kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soat-bûn Kái-jī
    • Tâi-lô: Suat-bûn Kái-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatbuun kayji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²³⁻³³ kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴⁻¹¹ kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi³³/

Proper noun

說文解字

1. Shuowen Jiezi (early 2nd-century Chinese dictionary from the Han dynasty)

Synonyms

• 說文／说文 (Shuōwén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (說文解字):

• → Japanese: 説(せつ)文(もん)解(かい)字(じ) (setsumonkaiji)
• → Korean: 설문해자(說文解字) (seolmunhaeja)
• → Vietnamese: Thuyết văn giải tự (說文解字)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
說	文	解	字
せつ Hyōgaiji	もん Grade: 1	かい Grade: 5	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 說文解字 – see the following entry.

【説文解字せつもんかいじ】 [proper noun] (literature) Shuowen Jiezi (an early 2nd-century Chinese dictionary from the Han dynasty)

(This term, 說文解字, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
說	文	解	字

Proper noun

說文解字 • (seolmunhaeja) (hangeul 설문해자)

1. Hanja form^? of 설문해자 (“Shuowen Jiezi”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
說	文	解	字

Proper noun

說文解字

1. chữ Hán form of Thuyết văn giải tự (“Shuowen Jiezi”).