Cihai (1999 Edition Jin and Version) (Full Three Volumes)

Author: Cihai Editorial Committee
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Publication Date: 1999-09-01
Features: Cihai is a large-scale comprehensive dictionary that combines character-based entries with the functions of a dictionary, a language and literature dictionary, and an encyclopedic dictionary. It was first published in Shanghai by Zhonghua Book Company in 1936. Subsequently, the 1979 and 1989 editions of Cihai were published on the occasion of the 30th and 40th anniversaries of the founding of the People's Republic of China. These two editions of Cihai each had three-volume editions, compact editions, supplemented editions, and subject-specific volumes. Among them, the three-volume and compact editions have a cumulative circulation of over five million copies. In 1992, Shanghai Cishu Publishing House collaborated with Donghua Book Company to publish Cihai (1989 edition) in Taiwan. In 1993, Cihai won the first National Book Award Honor Award. The 1999 edition of Cihai appeared before readers with new content and form. This edition has slightly increased in length compared to the 1989 edition, with numerous revisions to entries, primarily reflecting changes in domestic and international situations and the development of cultural science and technology, as well as addressing omissions, correcting errors, and simplifying a small number of entries and definitions. This edition also introduces a color-illustrated version, featuring over 16,000 images, and presents a redesigned layout, divided into four volumes, with an appendix and an index volume. Additionally, the popular edition (three volumes) continues to be published, with a compact edition based on it, as well as subject-specific volumes and CDs. This book is the compact edition, containing a total of 19,485 single characters (including traditional characters and variant characters), of which 17,674 are listed as character heads. The character heads and the entries listed under them (including general and encyclopedic terms) total 122,835 entries.