| 说文解字 |
Shuō wén Jiě zì |
Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 许慎 in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries |
| 说 |
shuì |
to persuade |
| 说 |
shuō |
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine |
| 说 |
shuō |
variant of 说 |
| 说文 |
Shuō wén |
see 说文解字 |
| 文 |
Wén |
surname Wen |
| 文 |
wén |
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 |
| 解 |
Xiè |
surname Xie |
| 解 |
jiě |
to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection |
| 解 |
jiè |
to transport under guard |
| 解 |
xiè |
acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈 and 邂 (old) |
| 字 |
zì |
letter / symbol / character / word / CL:个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |