Pinyin Dictionary for Elementary School Students

Author: Cao Xianzhuo / Edited by: Cao Xianzhuo
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2005-06-01
Features:
1. This dictionary includes 3,500 single characters, based on the "Common Characters in Modern Chinese" released by the State Language Commission and the Ministry of Education on January 26, 1988.
2. This dictionary is suitable for primary and secondary school students. The annotations of character meanings are concise and precise, making them easy to grasp. It generally does not include archaic or dialectal meanings. To assist readers in using standardized characters, each character is labeled with its radical, stroke count, font structure, and stroke order. For some easily confused or misused characters, additional explanations (marked with △) are provided to highlight differences in form, sound, meaning, or usage, helping readers distinguish them.
3. Character entries are arranged in the order of Pinyin letters. Characters with the same initial and final sounds are listed in the order of tones (level, rising, falling-rising, falling, neutral). Homophones are arranged by stroke count, and homophones with the same stroke count are ordered by the starting stroke—(horizontal), (vertical), (diagonal), (dot), (zigzag).
4. Characters with multiple pronunciations are listed as separate entries, marked with (1), (2), (3) to indicate their order.
5. After the Pinyin pronunciation of each character entry, the radical, stroke count, font structure, and stroke order are provided. For characters with multiple pronunciations, these details appear only once, corresponding to each pronunciation, without repetition. The radicals follow the same system as in general dictionaries, and difficult-to-find characters may be listed under multiple radicals. The stroke count and stroke order adhere to the "General Standard for Stroke Order of Common Characters in Modern Chinese," released by the State Language Commission and the Press and Publication Administration of the People's Republic of China on April 7, 1997.
6. If a character has multiple meanings, they are listed as ①, ②, ③, with concrete meanings generally preceding abstract ones. Each meaning is followed by example words and sentences. Difficult example words are explained in parentheses.
7. This dictionary employs three methods of retrieval: syllable index, radical-initial index, and stroke index.
8. This dictionary includes three appendices: "The Scheme of Hanyu Pinyin," "Table for Reviewing and Standardizing the Pronunciation of Dialectal Variants of Common Characters," and "Usage of Punctuation Marks."
Editor's Note:
1. This dictionary includes 3,500 single characters, based on the "Common Characters in Modern Chinese" released by the State Language Commission and the Ministry of Education on January 26, 1988.
2. This dictionary is suitable for primary and secondary school students. The annotations of character meanings are concise and precise, making them easy to grasp. It generally does not include archaic or dialectal meanings. To assist readers in using standardized characters, each character is labeled with its radical, stroke count, font structure, and stroke order; for some easily confused or misused characters, additional explanations (marked with △) are provided to highlight differences in form, sound, meaning, or usage, helping readers distinguish them.
3. Character entries are arranged in the order of Pinyin letters. Characters with the same initial and final sounds are listed in the order of tones (level, rising, falling-rising, falling, neutral). Homophones are arranged by stroke count, and homophones with the same stroke count are ordered by the starting stroke—(horizontal), (vertical), (diagonal), (dot), (zigzag).
4. Characters with multiple pronunciations are listed as separate entries, marked with (1), (2), (3) to indicate their order.
5. After the Pinyin pronunciation of each character entry, the radical, stroke count, font structure, and stroke order are provided. For characters with multiple pronunciations, these details appear only once, corresponding to each pronunciation, without repetition. The radicals follow the same system as in general dictionaries, and difficult-to-find characters may be listed under multiple radicals. The stroke count and stroke order adhere to the "General Standard for Stroke Order of Common Characters in Modern Chinese," released by the State Language Commission and the Press and Publication Administration of the People's Republic of China on April 7, 1997.
6. If a character has multiple meanings, they are listed as ①, ②, ③, with concrete meanings generally preceding abstract ones. Each meaning is followed by example words and sentences. Difficult example words are explained in parentheses.
7. This dictionary employs three methods of retrieval: syllable index, radical-initial index, and stroke index.
8. This dictionary includes three appendices: "The Scheme of Hanyu Pinyin," "Table for Reviewing and Standardizing the Pronunciation of Dialectal Variants of Common Characters," and "Usage of Punctuation Marks."