說文字典

　Learning characters is never an easy task, but characters are the foundation of all knowledge and subjects. No matter which language you are learning, if you do not pay attention to the method and just learn word by word, it will be inefficient and difficult to make progress. If the learning method is too inefficient and the process of looking up characters is too troublesome, you will develop a habit of not seeking to understand the details, and the articles you write will be full of mistakes. This is the main reason for the decline in the language level of modern people.

　Looking back at the Chinese language courses in my student days, the school focused on the standard answers for the exams. Under the atmosphere of pressure to enter higher education, students are passive in learning. If they have questions, they will directly look at the ready-made annotations and rarely take the initiative to look up the dictionary. Under this kind of cramming education, reciting standard answers becomes the only way to learn, and there is no motivation to find answers on your own. Since it is just rote memorization, there will be no difference in learning methods, and there will be no room for improving efficiency.

　In fact, the structure of Chinese characters is extremely strict. Whether it is the way the single words are composed or the way the words are composed, they all have extremely high modular characteristics, which can be used to understand and deduce texts and improve learning efficiency. The ancients used these characteristics to learn texts, so that they could understand ancient and modern articles and become a generation of literary masters. If modern people can make good use of science and technology and integrate learning methods, it is not difficult to catch up with the ancients.

　However, although dictionary apps are very popular nowadays and there are many softwares for learning Chinese characters, there are only a handful of apps that can really improve learning efficiency. The reason is that the way of learning Chinese characters has changed. After a hundred years of simplification and vulgarization, it seems to be more in line with the standards of Western spoken characters, but in fact it has caused confusion in structure and difficulty in retrieval, resulting in reduced learning efficiency. It seems that you will never be able to learn all the Chinese characters. The applications generally designed only cater to the current learning methods, and are not designed for the characteristics of Chinese characters. Although there are many types, it makes people feel at a loss.

　We are very fortunate to have discovered these problems in the early stage, found the right direction, invested a lot of effort in the research and development of the "Shuowen Dictionary", and designed learning methods such as "character analysis, character retrieval". Only by integrating ancient and modern characters and learning at the same time can we trace the origin, deduce characters, and improve learning efficiency.

　Now that the intelligent era has arrived, the original idea has finally been realized. The dictionary itself can become a real learning tool. We must thank the ancestors of Chinese civilization. It is because they created Chinese characters so scientifically and elegantly that we, the descendants, can achieve this ideal. We also hope to fulfill some of the responsibilities of technology people and live up to the long history of Chinese characters.


1. Tree-like structure〔Character analysis〕
　　Use the〔tree-like structure〕to analyze the character structure of a word in detail, and list〔small seal〕and〔regular script〕for comparison. You can also open each layer to observe the position of radicals and analyze the changes of strokes, and link them to the〔vocabulary list〕. You can view the relevant explanations with a〔click〕 action, which saves the tedious query process and improves learning efficiency.

　　If compared with the way Western characters are composed, most of the〔initials, suffixes, and roots〕 of pinyin characters are only〔syllables〕rather than complete words, while Chinese is a modular language〔composed of characters〕, and each〔radical component〕is a complete word, so it is most suitable to use a multi-layer〔tree〕to present its structure.

2. Dynamic radical hint:
　　Based on the input radical combination, the radical position is highlighted in a high-brightness color in the word shape.

　　Since Chinese is a square language, each radical that makes up a word is not arranged in a straight line like the letters in phonetic characters, which are easy to identify. Instead, they are arranged in two dimensions to form a square character. In addition, some shapes have been changed or simplified, making them difficult to identify. However, by simply marking the radical position with a high-brightness color, the original structure can be clearly presented.

3. Visualized [Character Search]
　　is different from other dictionaries on the market that use fixed [radical table] or spoken [phonetic notation, pinyin] to search for words, which results in a lack of relevance in the search results. Instead, it uses the [radical structure] defined by [philology] to accurately search for character shapes and dynamically classify words, so the search results are clearly and strictly relevant. Moreover, it can search every level of the word, and combined with the [radical prompt] function, it achieves the effect of [what you see is what you get].

　　Due to the differences in the principles of word formation between Chinese and Western characters, after countless years of [phonetic evolution], the [spelling] of phonetic characters will change with spoken language, and most of the [prefixes, suffixes, and roots] only preserve syllables, not complete characters. Although Chinese [spoken language] has evolved into different pronunciations and dialects, the characters themselves have developed independently and have not changed with [spoken language]. Most characters have preserved the complete structure of the original characters. As long as the original structure preserved by this kind of characters is used, a series of [derivative meanings] can be searched from any word.

4. Quick [vocabulary search]
　　You can enter [simplified and traditional characters, synonyms] at will, and the correct vocabulary will be automatically found. You only need to enter a few words in the vocabulary, and enter question marks (or spaces) for other uncertain parts. Each different word found will be sorted according to the position of the input known word in the word, and marked in red to increase the speed of naked eye search.

　　The characteristic of Chinese is that each word is a fixed-size block, and the shape will not change with the use of different words and sentences, unlike the length of [Pinyin characters] which is not fixed and varies. Therefore, the position of Chinese words in the sentence can be accurately located, and it is still very neat after sorting. Using this characteristic of [block characters] to design [vocabulary search], users can easily and quickly find words.

5. Quick [definition reverse search]
　　Use [single finger] to click on the word in the [definition screen] to find the explanation and record the query process in full. You can open the [History] and click on each past record to quickly restore every action you have performed, including [Radical Tree, Word List, Vocabulary List] can all be restored to their original state. This is more useful than bookmarks and helps to repeatedly check various explanations.

6. Complete [Favorite Word]
　　is not just a simple collection of the name of the [Word] itself, but a complete collection of the current query status, including [input content, radical tree, word list, vocabulary list] can all be completely collected, saving all the associations, and can be called at any time to continue the current query steps.

7. Fonts can be freely scaled
　　If there is something that is not clear, just use the [two-finger gesture] to enlarge the screen at any time.

8. Vocabulary Pronunciation
　　You can easily listen to the pronunciation of vocabulary without having to spend your eyes to see the phonetic symbols.

9. Stroke Practice
　　Stroke practice that conforms to the radical structure is provided, and you can copy it directly on the screen. You can use it with the stroke analysis to open each layer of the radical tree to observe each stroke of the regular script. You can see that the regular script's pen shape and structure are related to the corresponding small seal script. If you want to write good characters, you must first write the radicals correctly, and then you can use your personal creativity.

10. Simplified and Traditional Search
　　You can enter both simplified and traditional characters at the same time, and both character shape search and vocabulary search are applicable. You can also press the Simplified button at any time, and each window will switch fonts without interrupting any operation status.


"Installation Instructions":
You can check the explanation of [words and vocabularies] after the first installation, and you can click on the ads to continue to increase the usage time of the [full version].

Business Name: Shuowen Dictionary Studio
Unified Number: 41402529