正字通

zhèng zì tōng

Definitions

1. Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈[zhāng zì liè] in 17th century

Child Words of 正字通

• 字 zì: letter
• 正 zhēng: first month of the lunar year
• 正 zhèng: straight
• 通 tòng: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
• 正字 zhèng zì: to correct an erroneously written character