Standard Dictionary of Common Chinese Character Stroke Orders (Latest Version)

Author: Rui Sheng
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: The "common Chinese characters" mentioned here refer to the 3,500 characters listed in the "Modern Chinese Common Character List" jointly released by the National Language and Character Work Committee and the National Education Commission (now the Ministry of Education) on January 26, 1998. These are the 3,500 characters with the highest frequency of use, the widest distribution across disciplines, and the strongest ability in character and word formation. The stroke order provided here is standardized to meet the needs of Chinese character teaching and to popularize the correct writing of Chinese characters. For many years, there have been numerous disagreements and contradictions in the stroke order of Chinese characters, which have affected the teaching of Chinese characters and the popularization of knowledge about their correct writing. The arrangement of character entries and headwords in many Chinese character dictionaries is also closely related to stroke order. Without a unified and standardized stroke order rule, even looking up dictionaries can be affected. Therefore, the standardization of the stroke order of common Chinese characters is particularly important, especially for primary and secondary school Chinese language teaching. This book lists the stroke count, pronunciation (for characters with multiple pronunciations, their pronunciations are listed in the order of ①, ②, ③), radical, method of formation, and structural pattern after each character headword of the 3,500 common characters. Additionally, for the actual needs of Chinese character teaching and writing, certain characters are provided with specific "hints," marked as [Stroke Order], [Radical], [Formation], [Structure], [Hint], for the convenience of readers. The explanation of [Formation] is as detailed as possible, because the form, sound, and meaning of Chinese characters have undergone many changes from ancient times to the present, making it difficult to explain them comprehensively. For some simplified characters, as their method of formation is no longer discernible, their traditional forms are listed for explanation. The common characters in Modern Chinese are divided into two levels: 2,500 common characters and 1,000 less common characters. To facilitate differentiation, an asterisk () is marked after the headword of the less common characters. The entire book is arranged according to the stroke count of the 3,500 characters, and characters with the same stroke count are arranged in the order of horizontal, vertical, left-falling, dot, and hook. At the beginning of the book, there is an alphabetical index arranged by Pinyin, and characters with multiple pronunciations appear in each pronunciation item, making it convenient for readers to find and use.