zì​xué

philology

  • created reference approved 字学/字學 → 文字学/文字學 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    字学 / 字學 zì​xué

    文字学 / 文字學 wén​zì​xué

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 字学/字學 · zì​xué · philology — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    字学 / 字學

    zì​xué

    philology

    the study of Chinese characters; the analysis of character structure and history

    字 (literal) → 字 · zì · character 学 (bound) → 学/學 · xué · branch of learning

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense