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Illustrating the Disparity between Phonetic Notation and Meaning of Xu Xuan’s Fanqie in Shuo wen jie zi

Cai Meng-qi

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The pronunciation of Chinese characters in Shuowen(说文) was labeled by Xu Xuan in light of Tangyun.On examining Xu Xuan's phonetic notation and Xu Shen's explication,we discover a disparity between phonetic notation and meaning of Xu Xuan's fanqie in Shuowenjiezi.The author attempts to address this issue by analyzing some examples of this phenomenon.

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Key concepts: Notation, Meaning (existential), Pronunciation, Explication, Linguistics, Phenomenon, Philosophy, Epistemology