说文解字

by Xu Shen, 许慎

This book is the first Chinese dictionary organized by radical. It opens a precedent of radical indexing, which is adopted by most dictionaries in later ages. Duan Yucai praised this book as “an unprecedented book created by Xun Shen”.本书是我国第一部按部首编排的字典。本书开创了部首检字的先河，后世的字典大多采用这个方式，段玉裁称这部书“此前古未有之书，许君之所独创”。

433 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2013