- Zhonghua Da Zidian
The Zhonghua Da Zidian (zh-cpw|c=中華大字典/中华大字典| p="Zhōnghuá dà zìdiǎn"| w="Chung-hua ta tzu-tien"; "Comprehensive Chinese character dictionary") was an unabridged
Chinese dictionary of characters published in 1915. The chief editors were Xu Yuan'gao (徐元誥), Lu Feikui (陆費逵/陆费逵), and Ouyang Pucun (歐陽溥存/欧阳溥存). It was based upon the 1716 "Kangxi Zidian ", and is internally organized using the 214Kangxi radicals . The "Zhonghua Da Zidian" contains more than 48,000 entries for individual characters, including many invented in the two centuries since the "Kangxi Dictionary".Each character entry includes the
fanqie spelling from theJiyun , the modern pronunciation given with a commonhomophone , different meanings (up to 40), classical quotations, and two-character compounds using the character. Although Teng and Biggerstaff (1971:131) acknowledge the "Zhonghua Da Zidian" "is very comprehensive and is very carefully compiled," they note three defects. The index, which is arranged by number of strokes, can be inconvenient (e.g., 2189 characters are listed under 9 strokes). The margins do not have characters to help locate entries under a radical. The two-character phrases may be listed under either component.ee also
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Dai Kan-Wa jiten
*Hanyu Da Cidian
*Hanyu Da Zidian
*Kangxi Zidian 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
*"Zhonghua da zidian" (中華大字典, "Comprehensive Chinese character dictionary"). 1915. 4 vols. Shanghai: Zhonghua. Repr. 1981. 2 vols. Beijing: Zhonghua.
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