- Guangyun
The "Guangyun" (zh-cpw|c=廣韻/广韵|p="Guǎngyùn"|w="Kuang Yün"; literally "Broad/Extensive Rimes") is a Chinese
rime dictionary that was compiled from1007 to1011 under the auspices ofEmperor Zhenzong of Song . Chen Pengnian (陳彭年, 961-1017) and Qiu Yong (邱雍) were the chief editors. In the history of Chinese lexicography, the "Guangyun" stands between theQieyun and theJiyun .It was originally split into four tones in five volumes, two belonging to the
Middle Chinese level tone (平聲), one each for the other three Middle Chinese tones, rising tone (上聲), departing tone (去聲), andentering tone (入聲). Each tone was split into rimes, and under each rimes were grouped characters of the same onset, and under each entry, was given a brief explanation of its meaning. The "Guangyun" has a total of 26,194 character entries, which are arranged under 206 final rimes, increased from 193 in the "Qieyun" (Teng and Biggerstaff 1971: 146).Unicode digitally reincarnated the "Guangyun". TheUnihan database incorporates the "SBGY" ("Songben Guangyun"; "Song edition "Guangyun") dataset with 25,330 head-entries for 19,511 characters. [http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/Unihan.html]ee also
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Rime table
*Rime dictionary References
*Teng, Ssu-yü and Biggerstaff, Knight. 1971. "An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Chinese Reference Works", 3rd ed. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-03851-7
External links
* [http://www.sungwh.freeserve.co.uk/chinese/gy-pshy.htm "GuangYun" Initials and Rhymes] , Dylan W.H. Sung
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