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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shuōwén Jiězì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛㄨㄣˊ 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

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 Hyōgai	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)

hanja form^? of 설문해자 (“Shuowen Jiezi”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
說	文	解	字

Proper noun

說文解字

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