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Zilin

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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Baxter–Sagart (2014)
Mə-dzə(ʔ)-s[r]əm
Chinese
字林
Hangul
字林
Hanja
자림
Hanyu Pinyin
Zìlín
Hiragana
じりん

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Zilin

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples42
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
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Zilin

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related to history · 11
Zilin → China, During, Liu Song, Meanings, Northern, Pronunciations, Southern, The Zilin, There, Wu Gongceng, Yang Province
related to Text · 11
Zilin → Assembly, Chinese, Lü Chen, Lü Chen's, Lü Jing, Other, Peng, Rimes, Shuowen, Yong, Yunji
Transcriptions · 3
Zilin → TranscriptionsMcCune–ReischauerCharim, TranscriptionsRevised HepburnJirin, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinZìlínWade–GilesTzu-linYue: CantoneseJyutpingZi4lam4Southern MinHokkien POJJīlîmMiddle ChineseMiddle ChineseDziH lim Old ChineseBaxter–…
related to External links · 3
Zilin → Characters, Chinaknowledge, The Forest
Baxter–Sagart (2014) · 1
Zilin → Mə-dzə(ʔ)-s[r]əm
Chinese · 1
Zilin → 字林
Hangul · 1
Zilin → 字林
Hanja · 1
Zilin → 자림
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Zilin → Zìlín
Hiragana · 1
Zilin → じりん

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chinese character characters dynasty shuowen jiezi dictionary forest dictionaries compiled history chen entries 字林 yan 12 lexicographer lexicography chen's

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ZilinBaxter–Sagart (2014)Mə-dzə(ʔ)-s[r]əm1.00infobox
ZilinChinese字林1.00infobox
ZilinHangul字林1.00infobox
ZilinHanja자림1.00infobox
ZilinHanyu PinyinZìlín1.00infobox
ZilinHiraganaじりん1.00infobox
ZilinHokkien POJJīlîm1.00infobox
ZilinJyutpingZi4lam41.00infobox
ZilinKanji字林1.00infobox
ZilinLiteral meaningcharacter forest1.00infobox
ZilinMcCune–ReischauerCharim1.00infobox
ZilinMiddle ChineseDziH lim1.00infobox
ZilinRevised HepburnJirin1.00infobox
ZilinTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinZìlínWade–GilesTzu-linYue: CantoneseJyutpingZi4lam4Southern MinHokkien POJJīlîmMiddle ChineseMiddle ChineseDziH lim Old ChineseBaxter–…1.00infobox
ZilinTranscriptionsTranscriptionsMcCune–ReischauerCharim1.00infobox
ZilinTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised HepburnJirin1.00infobox
ZilinWade–GilesTzu-lin1.00infobox

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