说文解字 shuōwénjiězì Shuowen Jiezi Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 说文 說文 shuōwén Shuowen Jiezi (abbreviation) the first systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by 许慎 xǔshèn during the Eastern Han dynasty解 jiě verb to explain to explain; to interpret; to clarify or describe the meaning of something字 zì noun character written character; symbol; script; word