Hanyu Da Zidian

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The Hanyu Da Zidian (simplified Chinese: 汉语大字典; traditional Chinese: 漢語大字典; pinyin: Hànyǔ dàzìdiǎn; lit. 'Great Compendium of Chinese Characters'), also known as the Grand Chinese Dictionary, is a reference dictionary on Chinese characters.

Overview

A group of more than 400 editors and lexicographers began compilation in 1974, and it was published in eight volumes from 1986 to 1989.[1] A separate volume of essays[2] documents the lexicographical complexities for this full-scale Chinese dictionary. Besides the weighty 5,790-page first edition, there are 3-volume (1995) and pocket[3] editions. A second edition (pictured at right) was published in 2006, and has a list of radicals printed on the dust jacket of each volume for quicker character look up.

The first edition of the Hanyu Da Zidian included 54,678 head entries for characters, and this was expanded to 60,370 in the second edition, published in 2010. They give historical

radical system, arranged by stroke count. Volume 8 has appendices, including rime tables
for Old and Middle Chinese, variant characters, indexes, and addenda.

The Hanyu Da Zidian has become the international standard reference for Chinese characters; for example, the Unihan Database and Wiktionary cite (volume/page/entry) references.

See also

References

  1. . 1995. Corrected ed., 3 vols.
  2. ^ Hanyu da zidian weiyuanhui 汉语大字典委员会, eds. 1999. Hanyu dazidian xiuzhenben 汉语大字典袖珍本 ("Pocket Edition Hanyu da zidian"). Wuhan: Hubei cishu chubanshe and Sichuan cishu chubanshe.

Further reading

  • Sin, Chow Yiu 单周尧, 2001. 《汉语大字典》札记九则 ("Notes on Hanyu Da Zidian"). In Yuyuan Jijin, pp. 108–113. Shanghai Jiaoyu Chubanshe.

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