正字通

zhèng zì tōng

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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

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Child Words of 正字通

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