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Shenglei: History, Interpretations & Overview

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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Shenglei topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Interpretations and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Shenglei.

Related topics
58
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
62
Extracted relationships
127
Concept neighborhoods
30
Bridge connections
62

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 24 topics
Interpretations · 22 topics
Overview · 11 topics
Title · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

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

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Title

History

Interpretations

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Shenglei connects Entity context

The extracted context around Shenglei shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, 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 Another extracted example is 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. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Shenglei

Top relations

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…

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

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

Shenglei relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 127 structured relationships around Shenglei. Examples in this analysis include Shenglei → Baxter–Sagart (2014) → [l̥]eŋ[r]u[t]-s and Shenglei → Hangul → 聲類. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Shenglei bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Volumes, Dynasty and Five. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Shenglei
    • Volumes
    • Dynasty
    • Five
    • Yunji
    • Book
    • Tones
    • Qing
    • Ten
    • Tone
    • Organized
    • Song
    • Sui
  • shenglei
    • Volumes
    • Dynasty
    • Five
    • Yunji
    • Book
    • Tones
    • Qing
    • Ten
    • Tone
    • Organized
    • Song
    • Sui
  • rime dictionary
    • Dictionaries
    • Shenglei
    • Consonants
    • Book
    • Initial
    • Dictionary
    • First
    • Rime
    • Characters
    • Li
    • Organized
    • Fanqie
  • chinese characters
    • Dictionary
    • Initial
    • Volumes
    • Century
    • Pentatonic
    • Ten
    • Shenglei
    • Characters
    • Chinese
    • Dynasty
    • Five
    • Terms
  • chinese musicology
    • Initial
    • Century
    • Pentatonic
    • Dictionary
    • Shenglei
    • Characters
    • Dynasty
    • Five
    • Terms
    • Title
    • Works
    • Consonants
  • western jin dynasty
    • Qing
    • Wei
    • Initial
    • Song
    • Sui
    • Consonants
    • History
    • Shenglei
    • Book
    • Li
    • Northern
    • Last
  • chinese music
    • Initial
    • Century
    • Pentatonic
    • Dictionary
    • Shenglei
    • Characters
    • Dynasty
    • Five
    • Terms
    • Title
    • Works
    • Consonants
  • book of wei
    • Li
    • Sui
    • Deng
    • History
    • Ten
    • Dynasty
    • Dictionary
    • First
    • Northern
    • Volumes
    • Consonants
    • Last

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Shenglei, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Shenglei with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
ShengleiHistory · splits 38 ⟂ 25
ShengleiInterpretations · splits 40 ⟂ 23
ShengleiOverview · splits 51 ⟂ 12

Map overview Semantic statistics

Shenglei

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

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Shenglei to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Interpretations & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Shenglei · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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