Dictionary of Common Characters in Ancient Chinese -(Latest Version)

Author: Writing Group of "Dictionary of Common Characters in Ancient Chinese"
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features:
1. This dictionary is suitable for readers with middle school or higher education levels and is also available for general lovers of classical literature to study and read ancient classics.
2. The dictionary focuses on common characters and words in ancient Chinese, including over 4,200 commonly used characters and nearly 10,000 entries, primarily sourced from classical Chinese selections in middle school and college Chinese textbooks as well as famous classical poems and prose.
3. Each commonly used character in the dictionary is accompanied by its traditional form, variant forms, character structure, and phonetic symbols in brackets. For characters with multiple pronunciations, the first, second, and third pronunciations are listed separately. The definitions are concise, accurate, and scientific, primarily based on common and widely accepted meanings, and are numbered with 1, 2, 3. The definitions include the original meaning as well as extended, metaphorical, specific, and general meanings, indicated by "," "," "," "," and "," respectively. Each definition provides one or more references and example sentences.
4. Entries are arranged in square brackets, including pronunciation and definitions. For entries with multiple meanings, the definitions are numbered with ①, ②, ③.
5. Before the simplification of Chinese characters, some characters had different forms, but they are now simplified into a single form. The original forms are listed separately, with numbers 1, 2, 3 used to distinguish them.