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六书 liù shū Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 会意 (combined ideogram), 形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 转注 (transfer)
许慎 Xǔ Shèn Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 说文解字
徐铉 Xú Xuàn Xu Xuan (-991), author of commentaries on Shuowen Jiezi 说文解字注
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
说文 Shuō wén see 说文解字
说文解字注 Shuō wén Jiě zì Zhù Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) by Duan Yucai 段玉裁
段玉裁 Duàn Yù cái Duan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) 说文解字注

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