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The Zilin (Chinese: 字林; c. 350) or Forest of Characters was a Chinese dictionary compiled by the Jin dynasty (266–420) lexicographer Lü Chen (呂忱). It contained 12,824 character head entries, organized by the 540-radical system of the Shuowen Jiezi. In the history of Chinese lexicography, the Zilin followed the Shuowen Jiezi (121; with 9,353 character…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zilin | Baxter–Sagart (2014) | Mə-dzə(ʔ)-s[r]əm | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Chinese | 字林 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Hangul | 字林 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Hanja | 자림 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Hanyu Pinyin | Zìlín | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Hiragana | じりん | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Hokkien POJ | Jīlîm | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Jyutping | Zi4lam4 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Kanji | 字林 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Literal meaning | character forest | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | McCune–Reischauer | Charim | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Middle Chinese | DziH lim | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Revised Hepburn | Jirin | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Transcriptions | TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinZìlínWade–GilesTzu-linYue: CantoneseJyutpingZi4lam4Southern MinHokkien POJJīlîmMiddle ChineseMiddle ChineseDziH lim Old ChineseBaxter–… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Transcriptions | TranscriptionsMcCune–ReischauerCharim | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Transcriptions | TranscriptionsRevised HepburnJirin | 1.00 | infobox |
| Zilin | Wade–Giles | Tzu-lin | 1.00 | infobox |
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