<설문해자>와 한글 워드프로세서 한자사전의 心部 한자 뜻풀이 비교 연구

Abstract

This paper examines the Chinese characters with Radical 心 in a comparative analysis on definitions in Shuowen Jiezi (Daxuben) and the representative meaning and senses of meaning in the Chinese dictionaries provided by Hangul word processor (HWP) with the aim to fathom the continuity of the definitions of Shuowen Jiezi to the present day. As to Chinese character dictionaries, those provided by HWP and MS Word have been analyzed - HWP’s Chinese character dictionary, in particular, for its relative abundant information on the entry words. For the study, the Chinese characters with radical 心 are divided into two categories: the characters whose definitions in Shuowen Jiezi are ‘handed down’ and ‘not handed down’ in the dictionaries of Hangul word processors. Then the results of a quantitative analysis have been presented with focus on those Chinese character with Radical 心 that have different the representative meaning from the definitions in Shuowen Jiezi. The analysis shows that a considerable definitions of the Chinese characters with Radical 心 contained in Shuowen Jiezi are used as the first definition item in HWP’s Chinese character dictionary and handed down in either perfect or imperfect preservation. There were 161 out of 263 (61.2%) Chinese characters with Radical 心 that have identical definitions of Shuowen Jiezi and HWP Chinese character dictionary’s representative meaning. Including those that are identical with the successive definition items in HWP Chinese character dictionary, the number increased to 187 out of 263 characters (71.2%). And, to include those that have similar definitions of Chinese characters with Radical 心, there were 216 characters or 82%. By this research result, we see a potential in utilizing HWP Chinese character dictionary in translating the definitions of Shuowen Jiezi in Korean.