dictionary / also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3] / CL:部[bu4],本[ben3]
字典
zì diǎn
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3]
辞典
cí diǎn
dictionary / also written 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3] / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936
尔雅
Er3 yǎ
"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
六书
liù shū
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 / - namely, two primary methods: 象形 / (pictogram), 指事 / (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 / (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 / (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 / (loan), 轉注|转注 / (transfer)
Guangyun, Chinese rime dictionary 韻書|韵书[yun4 shu1] from 11th century, containing 26,194 single-character entries
中华字海
Zhōng huá Zì hǎi
Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994
康熙字典
Kāng xī Zì diǎn
the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries
张廷玉
Zhāng Tíng yù
Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]
爱词霸
Aì cí bà
iCIBA, online dictionary by Kingsoft Corporation, at www.iciba.com
扬雄
Yáng Xióng
Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言[Fang1 yan2]
Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[Xu3 Shen4] in 2nd century
部首编排法
bù shǒu biān pái fǎ
dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals
释名
Shì míng
"Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning
重编
chóng biān
(of a dictionary etc) revised edition
韵书
yùn shū
rime dictionary (ancient type of Chinese dictionary that collates characters by tone and rhyme rather than by radical)
韵目
yùn mù
rhyme entry / subdivision of a rhyming dictionary (containing all words with the given rhyme)
汉语大词典
Hàn yǔ Dà Cí diǎn
Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first published 1986-1994
集韵
Jí yùn
Jiyun, Chinese rime dictionary with 53,525 single-character entries, published in 11th century
类篇
Lèi piān
Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] et al in 11th century
龙龛手鉴
Lóng kān Shǒu jiàn
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
玉篇
Yù piān
Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王[Gu4 Ye3 wang2] in 6th century AD
正字通
Zhèng zì tōng
Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈[Zhang1 Zi4 lie4] in 17th century
字林
Zì lín
Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD
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