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說文解字
  syut3 man4 gaai2 zi6   jyutping
  shuo1 wen2 jie3 zi4   pinyin
Shuowen Jiezi - a famous 2nd century Chinese dictionary; it was the first to arrange and categorize characters using radicals (部首).

noun

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
說文解字 / 说文解字

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Characters in this word:

 syut3 seoi3 jyut6  -  speak; talk; say; explain; theory
 man4 man4*1 man6  -  written language; literary; civilian
 gaai2 gaai3 haai6  -  untie; relieve; explain; escort; understand
 zi6  -  word; glyph
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