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Shuowen Jiezi (television Program)
''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'', 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 (= 03:18, 08:53, 11:55 and 20:07 UTC) but these do vary. A selection of some of the previous episodes is also available to view on the program's Web archive. Opening and closing lines Zhuang Jing starts each episode with a couplet () followed by an intro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun TV (Hong Kong)
SunTV () 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. ISunTV is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuowen Jiezi
''Shuowen Jiezi'' () is an ancient Chinese dictionary from the Han dynasty. Although not the first comprehensive Chinese character dictionary (the '' Erya'' predates it), it was the first to analyze the structure of the characters and to give the rationale behind them, as well as the first to use the principle of organization by sections with shared components called radicals (''bùshǒu'' 部首, lit. "section headers"). Circumstances of compilation Xu Shen, a Han Dynasty scholar of the Five Classics, compiled the ''Shuowen Jiezi''. He finished editing it in 100 CE, but due to an unfavorable imperial attitude towards scholarship, he waited until 121 CE before having his son Xǔ Chōng present it to Emperor An of Han along with a memorial. In analyzing the structure of characters and defining the words represented by them, Xu Shen strove to disambiguate the meaning of the pre-Han Classics, so as to render their usage by government unquestioned and bring about order, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
