Student's Practical Dictionary of Classical Chinese

Author: Zhou Guangde
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Publish Date: 1999-03-01
Features: This dictionary focuses on common characters and words in ancient Chinese, explaining over 5,000 characters and more than 10,000 entries. The explanations for ancient Chinese characters include three parts:
(1) Pronunciation: Original pronunciation, multiple pronunciations.
(2) Form: Current form, traditional form, radicals, strokes, structure, analysis, meaning, and homophones.
(3) Meaning: Original meaning, fundamental meaning, and extended meaning. The explanations for words include three parts:
(1) Word pronunciation.
(2) Word meaning: Explanation.
(3) Examples. Therefore, it serves as an effective way to help readers learn and read ancient Chinese, and it allows users to identify significant or subtle differences between ancient and modern characters and words, providing great convenience. During the compilation process of this dictionary, we received strong support and assistance from experts and scholars engaged in ancient Chinese research, from universities and colleges, as well as from publishing departments. We hereby express our heartfelt gratitude. Due to the haste of time and the lack of experience, omissions and errors are inevitable. We sincerely hope that readers will kindly provide their corrections and suggestions.