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Zihui

The 1615 Zìhuì is a Chinese dictionary edited by the Ming Dynasty scholar Mei Yingzuo (梅膺祚). It is renowned for introducing two lexicographical innovations that continue to be used in the present day: the 214-radical system for indexing Chinese characters, which replaced the classic Shuowen Jiezi dictionary's 540-radical system, and the…

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Hanyu Pinyin
Zìhuì
Literal meaning
character collection
Simplified Chinese
字汇
Traditional Chinese
字彙
Transcriptions
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinZìhuìWade–GilesTzu Hui
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Zihui

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Triples66
Avg. degree1.96
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related to history · 22
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Zihui → Character Treasure, Characters, Chinese, Chinese Characters, Collection, Compendium, Early, English, In, The, The Comprehensive Dictionary, Wenlin
related to Innovations · 10
Zihui → Chinese, For, In, Mei Yingzuo's Zihui, Shuowen Jiezi, The, The Zihui, This, Thomas Creamer, To
related to Text · 10
Zihui → Ancient Forms, Chinese, Difficult Characters, For, Index, Mei Yingzuo's, Sequences, Strokes, The Zihui, Volume
related to External links · 6
Zihui → ChinaKnowledge, Chinese, Chinese Text Project, Internet Archive, Radicals, The
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Zihui → Zìhuì
Literal meaning · 1
Zihui → character collection
Simplified Chinese · 1
Zihui → 字汇
Traditional Chinese · 1
Zihui → 字彙
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Zihui → TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinZìhuìWade–GilesTzu Hui

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chinese characters character dictionary radicals radical system dictionaries according mei shuowen jiezi lists one entries number used innovations script format

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ZihuiHanyu PinyinZìhuì1.00infobox
ZihuiLiteral meaningcharacter collection1.00infobox
ZihuiSimplified Chinese字汇1.00infobox
ZihuiTraditional Chinese字彙1.00infobox
ZihuiTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinZìhuìWade–GilesTzu Hui1.00infobox
ZihuiWade–GilesTzu Hui1.00infobox
Zihuirelated to External linksInternet Archive0.60section
Zihuirelated to External linksChinese0.60section
Zihuirelated to External linksChinese Text Project0.60section
Zihuirelated to External linksThe0.60section
Zihuirelated to External linksRadicals0.60section
Zihuirelated to External linksChinaKnowledge0.60section

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