Chinese Dictionary (Double Color Edition)

Author: Editorial Committee of "Chinese Dictionary"
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Publishing Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book is based on the "Modern Chinese Common Character List" promulgated by the State Language Commission and the Press and Publication Administration. It includes over 12,000 single characters. Below each character, the structure, stroke count, stroke order, radical, and Wubi input code are listed. At the end of each character entry, the four calligraphic styles—running script, cursive script, semi-cursive script, and seal script—are provided. This powerful tool helps readers comprehensively understand Chinese characters and use them correctly and standardly. In terms of writing, definitions, and textual evidence, the book strives to reflect scientific and standardized principles. Accompanying the text are over 1,000 exquisite illustrations, offering readers helpful support in accurately and thoroughly understanding the meanings of words and phrases.
This dictionary is based on the "Modern Chinese Common Character List" released by the State Language Commission and the Press and Publication Administration in 1988, with appropriate additions of characters that remain practically useful in modern Chinese. It includes over 12,000 single characters (including traditional characters and variant characters), making it a compact reference book suitable for readers with primary and secondary education levels, especially (teachers and students in primary and secondary schools). The book is compiled in accordance with national language and character norms, with efforts to reflect scientific and standardized principles in writing, definitions, and examples.
In addition to providing basic definitions, the dictionary lists the pronunciation, radical, structure, stroke count, stroke order, and Wubi input code of each character at the character entry, helping readers pronounce characters accurately, distinguish their forms, and understand their meanings, thereby achieving correct, standardized, and precise usage of Chinese characters. Furthermore, at the end of each character entry, the four calligraphic styles—running script, cursive script, semi-cursive script, and seal script—are provided for reference. To help readers more intuitively grasp the meanings of words and phrases, the book also includes hundreds of explanatory illustrations.