Primary School All-in-One Dictionary

Author: Xiao Lin
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: Companion toolbook for primary school Chinese textbooks, including phonetic annotation, stroke count, radicals, structure, Wubi character set, full stroke order, definitions, English translations, correct pronunciation, variant pronunciations (homophones), shape differentiation, similar characters, synonyms, near-synonyms, antonyms, word formation, sentence creation, modern translations of ancient poems, explanations of ancient poems, reading comprehension, and over 30 other interpretation functions. The appendix includes the Hanyu Pinyin scheme, a table of stroke names, a table of radical names, a brief table of punctuation usage, a brief table of measurement units, a supplementary table of variant characters, mathematical terminology for primary school students, and a table of names of China's ethnic minorities, among more than ten charts. Rich and practical, each offering unique features.
1. This dictionary includes 2,784 single characters, based on the "List of Characters" from the People's Education Press's "Full-Time Primary School Chinese Textbooks for Nine-Year Compulsory Education" (five-year and six-year systems).
2. This dictionary is suitable for primary school students. The annotations of meanings are simple and clear, easy to master. It generally does not include classical Chinese or dialectal meanings. To facilitate primary school students in learning characters, words, sentences, each character is marked with radicals, stroke count, character structure, Wubi character set, full stroke order, word formation, and sentence creation. For characters with synonyms, near-synonyms, or antonyms, the corresponding synonyms, near-synonyms, or antonyms are provided. Common words are selected for English translations. For characters that are easily confused in sound or form, special content on correct pronunciation and shape differentiation is added, highlighting the differences in form, sound, and meaning to aid recognition and mastery.
3. Character entries are arranged in the order of Hanyu Pinyin, with characters having the same initial and final sounds ordered by tone (level tone, rising tone, falling-rising tone, falling tone, light tone). Homophones are ordered by stroke count. Homophones with the same stroke count are arranged by stroke order (horizontal, vertical, left-falling, dot, turning).
4. For characters with multiple pronunciations, separate entries are provided with serial numbers labeled as ㈠, ㈡, ㈢.
5. Each character entry within the table includes phonetic annotation, stroke count, radicals, character structure, and Wubi character set, while full stroke order is placed outside the table. The table includes definitions, English translations, correct pronunciation, shape differentiation, similar characters, synonyms, near-synonyms, antonyms, word formation, and sentence creation.
6. The radicals in this dictionary are the same as those in general dictionaries. Difficult-to-find characters are listed under multiple radicals. Stroke count and stroke order follow the "General Standard for Stroke Order of Common Characters in Modern Chinese," issued by the National Language Commission and the General Administration of Press and Publication of the People's Republic of China on April 7, 1997.
7. When a character has multiple meanings, they are numbered as ①, ②, ③, with concrete meanings generally listed before abstract ones. Each meaning is followed by example words and sentences. More complex example words are explained in parentheses.
8. In accordance with the requirements of the "Teaching Syllabus for Full-Time Primary School Chinese Education" (Trial Revision Edition), this dictionary specially includes 80 classical Chinese poems and verses that primary school students must memorize, along with modern translations, explanations, and the original poems.
9. This dictionary adopts two search methods: syllable-based search and radical-based search.