释名
shì​míng

Shiming

  • created reference approved 释名/釋名 → 逸雅 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    释名 / 釋名 shì​míng

    逸雅 yì​yǎ

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 释名/釋名 · shì​míng · Shiming — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    释名 / 釋名

    shì​míng

    Shiming

    An influential dictionary from the late Han dynasty written by Liu Xi, known for its use of puns and phonetic similarities to explain the origins of words; also known as [[逸雅|逸雅|yi4 ya3]]

    释 (literal) → 释/釋 · shì · to explain 名 (literal) → 名 · míng · to describe

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

    created sense