New China Dictionary: Dual-Color Reduced Print Edition

Author: Compiled by the Editorial Committee of the Xinhua Dictionary
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This dictionary is a new type of language and literature tool book that comprehensively explains the form, sound, and meaning of Chinese characters, systematically describes their origins and legends, and provides four writing methods of Chinese characters: running script, clerical script, cursive script, and seal script. The book includes over 10,100 single characters, including all 7,000 common characters listed in the "Modern Chinese Common Characters List" and 2,800 less uncommon characters outside the "7,000 characters." To facilitate readers' reference, it also includes 300 rarely used characters that are still practically useful today. This dictionary has the following distinctive features:
1. It is strictly compiled according to the language and character norms issued by the state, emphasizing scientific and standardized principles in terms of character writing, definitions, textual evidence, and illustrative examples.
2. This dictionary integrates the research achievements of Chinese character culture from ancient and modern times, systematically explains the origins of characters, vividly records the stories behind characters, and meticulously provides standard calligraphy, guiding readers to explore the origins and evolution of Chinese characters, understand their legends, learn the art of Chinese calligraphy, and help readers comprehensively understand Chinese characters, using them correctly and in a standardized manner.
3. This dictionary is accompanied by exquisite illustrations that visually explain and verify characters, providing readers with helpful assistance in accurately and deeply understanding the meanings of words and phrases. During the compilation process of this book, we gathered experts and scholars in the fields of language and characters from authoritative research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Peking University. Through meticulous design, repeated refinement, and nearly a decade of arduous effort, we have finally presented this richly informative, illustrated, highly readable, and suitable for readers of all kinds with this dictionary.
This dictionary is a new type of language and literature tool book that comprehensively explains the form, sound, and meaning of Chinese characters, systematically describes their origins and legends, and provides four writing methods of Chinese characters: running script, clerical script, cursive script, and seal script. The book includes over 10,100 single characters, including all 7,000 common characters listed in the "Modern Chinese Common Characters List" and 2,800 less uncommon characters outside the "7,000 characters." To facilitate readers' reference, it also includes 300 rarely used characters that are still practically useful today. This dictionary has the following distinctive features:
1. It is strictly compiled according to the language and character norms issued by the state, emphasizing scientific and standardized principles in terms of character writing, definitions, textual evidence, and illustrative examples.
2. This dictionary integrates the research achievements of Chinese character culture from ancient and modern times, systematically explains the origins of characters, vividly records the stories behind characters, and meticulously provides standard calligraphy, guiding readers to explore the origins and evolution of Chinese characters, understand their legends, learn the art of Chinese calligraphy, and help readers comprehensively understand Chinese characters, using them correctly and in a standardized manner.
3. This dictionary is accompanied by exquisite illustrations that visually explain and verify characters, providing readers with helpful assistance in accurately and deeply understanding the meanings of words and phrases. During the compilation process of this book, we gathered experts and scholars in the fields of language and characters from authoritative research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Peking University. Through meticulous design, repeated refinement, and nearly a decade of arduous effort, we have finally presented this richly informative, illustrated, highly readable, and suitable for readers of all kinds with this dictionary.