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shi4 ming2

late Han etymological dictionary "Explain Words" by 劉熙, 刘熙, 27 chapters in 8 scrolls, 1502 entries

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釋名|释名 [Shì míng] ► "Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning