Shuowen Jiezi (TV Series)
''Shuowen Jiezi'' () is the title of an educational television series broadcast daily on China's Sun TV channel and presented by Zhuang Jing (庄婧). The title is taken from the ancient Chinese etymological dictionary ''Shuowen Jiezi The ''Shuowen Jiezi'' is a Chinese dictionary compiled by Xu Shen , during the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE). While prefigured by earlier reference works for Chinese characters like the ''Erya'' (), the ''Shuowen Jiezi'' contains the ...'', and each episode briefly explains a Chinese character. For scheduling purposes the series is also given an English title, ''Hanzi Tracing'', but this is not a translation of the Chinese title. There is no English in the programs themselves. Broadcast times The program is 5 minutes in length and a new episode is broadcast each day. The day's episode is repeated up to 4 times during the next 24 hours. As of December 2010, the usual broadcast times were 04:07, 11:18, 16:53 and 19:55 UTC+08:00 (= ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sun TV (Hong Kong)
SunTV ( zh, 陽光網視) is a blockchains Chinese movies streaming application that is supported on the system of IOS, Android App, website and TV. Sun TV is a satellite television channel that was launched on August 8, 2000 in Hong Kong. Chen Ping currently serves as the chairman of Sunshine TV, a Chinese television station that primarily airs programs related to history, humanities, finance, current events, and documentaries. The station's ownership changed hands multiple times in the past. The Chinese government-imposed restrictions on the station's signal in mainland China which prevented viewers from directly accessing the station's programs on television and the official website from mainland China. Despite this, various mobile applications still are available for users to access the station's programs and live broadcasts. It covers a wide range of topics, including art, economics, documentaries, history, entertainment, journalism, design, food, architecture, travel, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shuowen Jiezi
The ''Shuowen Jiezi'' is a Chinese dictionary compiled by Xu Shen , during the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE). While prefigured by earlier reference works for Chinese characters like the ''Erya'' (), the ''Shuowen Jiezi'' contains the first comprehensive analysis of characters in terms of their structure, where Xu attempted to provide rationales for their construction. It was also the first to organize its entries into sections according to shared components called Chinese character radicals, radicals. Background Xu Shen was a scholar of the Five Classics during the Han dynasty. He finished compiling the ''Shuowen Jiezi'' in 100 CE. However, due to an unfavorable imperial attitude towards scholarship, he waited until 121 before his son Xu Chong presented it to Emperor An of Han, along with a memorial. In analyzing the structure of characters and defining the words represented by them, Xu strove to clarify the meaning of the pre-Han classics, so as to ensure order and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |