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Shenglei

The Shenglei was the first Chinese rime dictionary, compiled c. 230 CE by Li Deng (李登), a lexicographer from the state of Cao Wei (220–266). Earlier dictionaries were organized either by semantic fields (e.g. the c. 3rd-century BCE Erya) or by character radicals (e.g., the Shuowen Jiezi published in 121 CE). The last copies of the Shenglei were lost…

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Baxter–Sagart (2014)
[l̥]eŋ[r]u[t]-s
Hangul
聲類
Hanja
성류
Hanyu Pinyin
Shēnglèi
Hiragana
せいるい
Hokkien POJ
Siaⁿlui

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Shenglei

Nodes63
Edges62
Triples127
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.031746
Components1

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Shenglei

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related to Tang dynasty · 25
Shenglei → Buddhist, Characters, Chinese, Feng Yan, Fengshi, Huilin, In, Initial Consonants, It, Knowledge, Li Deng, Master Feng's Record, Meaning, Pronunciation, Tang, The, The Dictionary, The Shenglei, The Wenzi, Translating
related to Northern and Southern dynasties · 19
Shenglei → Book, Calligraphy, China, Each, In, It, Jiang Shi, Li Deng, Lunshu, Lü Chen, Lü Jing, Memorial, Northern, Northern Wei, Southern, The, There, Wei, Yunji
related to Title · 16
Shenglei → Categories, Chinese, Classification, Dictionary, English, Erya, Initial Consonants, Peng's, Pronunciation, Sound Categories, Sounds, Sounds Classified, The, The Ready Guide, This, Yong
related to Song dynasty · 12
Shenglei → Book, Both, Jade Ocean, Left Superintendent, Li Deng, Song, Sui, Texts, Tongzhi, Wang Yinglin, Yuhai, Zheng Qiao
related to Sui dynasty · 11
Shenglei → Biography, Book, In, Jijiupian, Pan Hui, Sancang, Shuowen Jiezi, Sui, The, Yunji, Zilin
related to history · 10
Shenglei → Assembly, Both, Chinese, In, Lü Jing, Many, Neither, Rhymes, Western Jin Dynasty, Yunji
related to Interpretations · 6
Shenglei → Early, Five Tones, In, Song, The, Yanshi
related to External links · 5
Shenglei → An Earliest Rhyme Book, Chu Hai College, Higher Education, Li Deng, Mok Kwok Yum
related to Qing dynasty · 5
Shenglei → Chinese, During, Huang Shi, Ma Guohan, Qing
Transcriptions · 3
Shenglei → TranscriptionsMcCune–ReischauerSŏngryu, TranscriptionsRevised HepburnSeirui, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinShēnglèiWade–GilesSheng-leiYue: CantoneseJyutpingSeng1 leoi6Southern MinHokkien POJSiaⁿluiMiddle ChineseMiddle ChineseSyenglwijOld Chi…

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chinese rime five dictionary dynasty tones dictionaries li characters first volumes tone initial book deng wei fanqie yunji four last

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShengleiBaxter–Sagart (2014)[l̥]eŋ[r]u[t]-s1.00infobox
ShengleiHangul聲類1.00infobox
ShengleiHanja성류1.00infobox
ShengleiHanyu PinyinShēnglèi1.00infobox
ShengleiHiraganaせいるい1.00infobox
ShengleiHokkien POJSiaⁿlui1.00infobox
ShengleiJyutpingSeng1 leoi61.00infobox
ShengleiKanji声類1.00infobox
ShengleiLiteral meaningsound categories1.00infobox
ShengleiMcCune–ReischauerSŏngryu1.00infobox
ShengleiMiddle ChineseSyenglwij1.00infobox
ShengleiRevised HepburnSeirui1.00infobox
ShengleiSimplified Chinese声类1.00infobox
ShengleiTraditional Chinese聲類1.00infobox
ShengleiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinShēnglèiWade–GilesSheng-leiYue: CantoneseJyutpingSeng1 leoi6Southern MinHokkien POJSiaⁿluiMiddle ChineseMiddle ChineseSyenglwijOld Chi…1.00infobox
ShengleiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsMcCune–ReischauerSŏngryu1.00infobox
ShengleiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised HepburnSeirui1.00infobox
ShengleiWade–GilesSheng-lei1.00infobox

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