Newly Edited Student's Chinese Dictionary

Author: Yin Hongjiao
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Publishing Date: 2002-10-01
Features: This dictionary selects over 6,000 basic characters from the "Common Characters List of Modern Chinese" promulgated by the state in 1988, as well as over 15,000 vocabulary items composed of these characters, covering all the words that primary and secondary school students should master and frequently use. Under the premise of emphasizing practicality and standardization, the book strives to expand the functions of the character heads and vocabulary. Each character head is annotated with radical, stroke count, structure, and stroke order in addition to its standard form and Pinyin. The definitions of the character heads and vocabulary are designed to be precise, standardized, concise, and easy to understand. To reflect the characteristics of the times, the dictionary has appropriately added new words and new meanings that represent new concepts. Another unique feature of this dictionary is that renowned calligraphers from all over the country have been specially invited to write each character head in five calligraphic styles—regular script, running script, clerical script, cursive script, and seal script. This provides readers with a standard and intuitive model to understand the history and evolution of Chinese characters, as well as to learn the standard, correct, and aesthetically pleasing writing methods of Chinese characters while looking up characters and words.