說文字典

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About this app

Learning characters has never been an easy task, but characters are the foundation of all knowledge and subjects. No matter which country’s characters you are learning, if you don’t pay attention to methods and just study word for word, it will be ineffective. , and it is difficult to make progress. If the learning method is too inefficient and the word-searching process is too cumbersome, you will develop the habit of not asking for a thorough explanation, and the articles you write will be full of errors and omissions. This is the main reason why modern people's Chinese proficiency is reduced.

Looking back on the Chinese language courses during my student days, the school focused on the standard answers to the exams. Under the atmosphere of pressure to advance to higher schools, students were passive in their studies. If they had questions, they would go directly to the ready-made annotations and rarely take the initiative to look up the dictionary. Under this kind of cramming education, memorizing standard answers becomes the only way to learn, and there is no motivation to find the answers by oneself. Since it is just memorizing by rote, of course there will be no difference in learning methods, nor will there be any There is room for efficiency improvements.

In fact, the structure of Chinese characters is extremely rigorous. Whether it is the way the individual characters are grouped or the way they are composed of sentences, they all have extremely modular characteristics. They can be used to understand and deduce words and improve the efficiency of learning. The ancients used Only by learning characters with these characteristics can one be proficient in ancient and modern articles and become a literary giant. If modern people can make good use of science and technology and integrate learning methods, it will not be difficult to catch up with the ancients.

However, although App dictionaries are now very popular and there are many Chinese character learning software, there are only a handful of Apps that can truly improve learning efficiency. The reason is that the contemporary way of learning Chinese characters has changed. After a hundred years of simplification and vulgarization of characters, The process, on the surface, is more in line with the standards of Western colloquial writing, but in fact it causes structural confusion and difficulty in retrieval, resulting in reduced learning efficiency, and it seems that you will never finish learning Chinese characters. Generally, the applications designed only cater to the current learning methods, but do not design applications according to the characteristics of Chinese characters. Although there are many types, it makes people feel confused.

We are very fortunate to have discovered these problems at an early stage, found the right direction, invested a lot of effort in the research and development of "Shuowen Dictionary", and designed learning methods such as "glyph analysis and glyph retrieval". Only by integrating ancient and modern characters into simultaneous learning can we Trace back to the source, deduce the text, and improve learning efficiency.

Now that the era of intelligence is coming, the original idea has finally been realized. To make the dictionary itself a real learning tool, we must thank the ancestors of the Chinese civilization. It is they who created Chinese characters so scientifically and elegantly. Only then can future generations of us achieve this ideal. We also hope that we can fulfill our responsibilities as science and technology people. , worthy of the long history of Chinese characters.


1. Tree structure [glyph analysis]
Use [tree structure] to analyze the glyph structure of single characters in detail, and list [small seal] and [regular script] for comparison. You can also open each layer to observe the position of the radicals and analyze the changes in strokes, and it is related to the [vocabulary list] ), you can view relevant explanations with one [click] action, eliminating the tedious query process and improving learning efficiency.

If we compare the way Western characters form characters, most of the Pinyin characters (prefixes, suffixes, and roots) are just [syllables] rather than complete single characters, while Chinese is a form of [combining characters with characters]. In modular text, each [radical component] is a complete word, so it is most suitable to use a multi-layer [tree] to present its structure.

2. Dynamic [radical hint]
Based on the input [radical combination], a high-brightness color is displayed in the [glyph] of the single character to highlight the position of the radical.

Since Chinese is a [square] character, each [radical] that makes up a single character is not as easy to identify as the letters of Pinyin characters [arranged in a straight line], but is combined into a square character in a [two-dimensional arrangement], and Some shapes have been changed or simplified, making them difficult to identify. However, the original structure can be clearly shown by simply marking the positions of the radicals with high-brightness colors.

3. Visualization [glyph search]
Different from other dictionaries on the market that use fixed [radical tables] or colloquial [Boyin, Pinyin] to search for words, resulting in a lack of relevance in the search results, we use [radicals] defined by [philology] Structure], precise search for glyphs, and dynamic classification of words, so the search results have clear and rigorous relevance. Moreover, you can search for each layer of a word, and then combine it with the function of "radical hint" to achieve the effect of "what you see is what you get".

Due to the differences in the principles of word formation between Chinese and Western characters, after countless years of [phonetic evolution], the [spelling] of Pinyin characters will change with spoken language, and most of them [prefixes, suffixes, roots] They only preserve syllables, not complete characters. Although Chinese [spoken language] has evolved into different pronunciations and dialects, the characters themselves developed independently and did not change with [spoken language]. Most of the characters have been preserved. The complete structure of the original glyph. As long as the original structure preserved by this kind of writing is used, a series of words with "derived meanings" can be searched from any single word.

4. Quick [vocabulary search]
You can enter [Simplified and Traditional Chinese, synonyms] at will, and the correct vocabulary will be found automatically. You only need to enter a few words in the vocabulary, and enter question marks (or spaces) for other uncertain parts. Each different word found will be sorted according to the position of the entered [known word] in the word, and marked in red to improve the speed of visual search.

The characteristic of Chinese is that each word is a fixed-sized square and does not change its shape with the use of different words and sentences. Unlike [Pinyin characters], the length is not fixed and changes frequently, so the position of Chinese words in words and sentences is fixed. It can be accurately positioned, and it is very neat after sorting. Using this [square character] feature to design [vocabulary search] allows users to find vocabulary easily and quickly.

5. Quick [interpretation check]
Use [single finger] to click on the word in the [Explanation screen] to find the explanation and record the complete query process. You can open [History Record] and click on every record in the past to quickly restore every action you have performed, including [radical tree, word list, and vocabulary list] to their original state. This is more useful than bookmarks and helps to repeatedly check various explanations back and forth.

6. Complete [Collection of Words]
It is not just a simple collection of the name of the [word] itself, but a complete collection of the current query status, including [input content, radical tree, word list, vocabulary list], which can be completely collected, saving all correlations , you can call it at any time to continue the current query step.

7. Fonts can be scaled at will
If there is anything you can’t see clearly, just use [two-finger gesture] to zoom in at any time.

8. Vocabulary pronunciation
You can easily hear the pronunciation of words without spending your eyesight to see the phonetic symbols.

9. Stroke practice
Provides stroke practice that conforms to the "radical structure" and can be copied directly on the screen. It can be used with [Stroke Analysis] to open each layer of [Radical Tree] to observe each stroke of [regular script]. It can be seen that the [stroke shape and structure] of regular script are related to the corresponding [small seal]. If you want to write well, you must first write the correct radicals, and then you can use your personal creativity.

10. Simplified and Traditional Comprehensive Investigation
[Simplified and Traditional] words can be input at the same time, and both [glyph search and vocabulary search] are applicable. You can also press the [Simplified] button at any time, and the font will be switched in each window without interrupting any operating status.


"Installation Instructions":
After the first installation, you can check the explanation of [words and vocabulary], and you can continue to increase the usage time of [full version] by clicking on ads.

Business name: Shuowen Dictionary Studio
Unified number: 41402529

Ratings and reviews

Almost perfect! Very great app for etymological research on Chinese characters. Lots of references from old dictionaries and also some pictures of older forms. I just wish there was a 'paid' version cause I don't like watching adds.

Ain many aspects, this is an excellent app compared to others.

Great dictionary, but outdated UI. Please add 兩岸字典 is possible.

What's new

補充、修正字典內容。