说文解字 shuō wén jiě zì

Shuowen Jiezi; classic Han dictionary of characters

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 许慎xǔ shèn in 2nd century

Characters

Character Meaning
说 shuō HSK 1
to say; to speak; to explain
文 wén HSK 3
writing; culture; language
解 jiě HSK 3
to understand; to explain; to solve
字 zì HSK 1
character; symbol; word