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Xǔ Shèn (許慎) was the author of '' Shuōwén Jiězì '', which was the first etymological Chinese Character dictionary, as well as the first to organize the characters by shared components. It contains over 9,000 character entries under 540 Section Headers (部首 ''bùshǒu'', Aka Radicals) , explaining the origins of the characters based primarily upon a study of the earlier Seal Script . Xǔ Shèn lived in the Hàn Dynasty ; he wrote his work between 100 CE and 121 CE, and presented the finished work to the Emperor An Of Han China . See also: Seal Script |
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