声训

聲訓

shēngxùn

noun

Meanings

1 paronomastic gloss (explaining a word using a homophone or near-homophone)
2 phonetic exegesis

Characters

to gloss; to instruct

Examples

HSK 7-9

声训是中国传统训诂学的重要方法。

Shēngxùn shì Zhōngguó chuántǒng xùn gǔ xué de zhòngyào fāngfǎ.

Paronomastic glossing is an important method in traditional Chinese philology.

HSK 7-9

刘熙的《释名》是一部声训专书。

Liú Xī de 《 Shì míng 》 shì yí bù shēngxùn zhuān shū.

Liu Xi's Shiming is a specialized work of paronomastic glosses.

Tips

history

A 训诂 (philology) technique used since the Han dynasty: explain a word's meaning by pointing to a homophone, e.g. 政者，正也 ('government is rectitude'). Liu Xi's Eastern Han 释名 is the genre's defining text.

Stroke Order

声 shēng

训 xùn