If you use a paper dictionary, it is recommended not to buy the original Xu Shen without comments from later generations. This is difficult and unusual. If you can read it, you may not be able to do it without more than ten years of skill. In Qing Dynasty, Duan Yucai annotated Shuo Wen Jie Zi very well. There are detailed notes under each word, and many literatures are quoted. Of course, if you really study and study, you can also study with Notes on Thirteen Classics and Erya. Shuowen adopts radical indexing method, which is also the indexing method initiated by Xu Shen. Duan Yucai annotated Xu's original typesetting method, which needs radical indexing method to find, similar to the four-corner number indexing method we are still using. However, for beginners, these may still be difficult. It is recommended to use two volumes of Explaining History by Mr. Tang published by Yuelu Bookstore in Changsha. In addition, the book Shuo Wen Jie Zi, edited by Mr. Chen Xiangming, is published by Jilin Literature and History Publishing House with the number 1992 for reference.
If you use an online dictionary, it will be very easy. Recommend a website, directly input Chinese characters, and you can display the required results. /zd/zi/ZdicE6ZdicAFZdic8D.htm