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许慎
xǔ​shèn

Xu Shen

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许慎/ 許慎 xǔ​shèn Xu Shen

Famous Eastern Han Dynasty scholar (c. 58–147 AD) and author of the 说文解字 shuō​wén​jiě​zì, the first dictionary to systematically analyze the forms and origins of Chinese characters.

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see 说文解字/說文解字 → 许慎/許慎
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