Ancient Chinese Dictionary

Author: Xu Wei Xian
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This dictionary includes 12,616 ancient Chinese characters. The simplified or selected single characters are listed as entries, totaling 8,372. The entries primarily consist of commonly used characters in ancient texts, with the latest era being the late Qing Dynasty. Characters that only appear in modern books are not included, nor are those found only in ancient character dictionaries or rhyme books without usage examples. Due to space constraints, rarely used characters in ancient texts are also excluded.