Kangxi Dictionary
E741912
The Kangxi Dictionary is an authoritative Qing dynasty Chinese character dictionary, renowned for its comprehensive coverage and lasting influence on Chinese lexicography.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kangxi Dictionary canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8533861 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Kangxi Dictionary Context triple: [Kangxi, commissionedWork, Kangxi Dictionary]
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A.
Yongle Encyclopedia
The Yongle Encyclopedia is a vast 15th-century Chinese imperial compendium that sought to collect and preserve the entirety of known knowledge, literature, and scholarship of its time.
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B.
Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu is an enormous 18th-century Chinese imperial encyclopedia and library collection that systematically compiled, edited, and classified the major works of Chinese literature, history, philosophy, and classics.
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C.
Nongzheng Quanshu
Nongzheng Quanshu is a comprehensive agricultural treatise from late Ming China that systematically compiles and analyzes traditional farming techniques, irrigation methods, and rural economy.
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D.
Bencao Gangmu
Bencao Gangmu is a monumental 16th-century Chinese pharmacopeia and natural history encyclopedia that systematically documents medicinal substances, their properties, and uses in traditional Chinese medicine.
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E.
Chinese Wiktionary
Chinese Wiktionary is the Chinese-language edition of Wiktionary, a collaboratively edited, free online dictionary and thesaurus of words and phrases.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kangxi Dictionary Target entity description: The Kangxi Dictionary is an authoritative Qing dynasty Chinese character dictionary, renowned for its comprehensive coverage and lasting influence on Chinese lexicography.
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A.
Yongle Encyclopedia
The Yongle Encyclopedia is a vast 15th-century Chinese imperial compendium that sought to collect and preserve the entirety of known knowledge, literature, and scholarship of its time.
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B.
Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu is an enormous 18th-century Chinese imperial encyclopedia and library collection that systematically compiled, edited, and classified the major works of Chinese literature, history, philosophy, and classics.
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C.
Nongzheng Quanshu
Nongzheng Quanshu is a comprehensive agricultural treatise from late Ming China that systematically compiles and analyzes traditional farming techniques, irrigation methods, and rural economy.
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D.
Bencao Gangmu
Bencao Gangmu is a monumental 16th-century Chinese pharmacopeia and natural history encyclopedia that systematically documents medicinal substances, their properties, and uses in traditional Chinese medicine.
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E.
Chinese Wiktionary
Chinese Wiktionary is the Chinese-language edition of Wiktionary, a collaboratively edited, free online dictionary and thesaurus of words and phrases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese character dictionary
ⓘ
lexicographical work ⓘ reference work ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Shuowen Jiezi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
earlier Chinese dictionaries ⓘ |
| ChineseName | 康熙字典 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedBy |
historical linguistics of Chinese
ⓘ
modern sinology ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Emperor Kangxi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionYear | 1710 ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Qing dynasty scholars ⓘ |
| compiledIn | Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1715 ⓘ |
| considered |
authoritative dictionary in Qing dynasty
ⓘ
standard reference for traditional Chinese characters ⓘ |
| contains |
character definitions
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citations from classical texts ⓘ etymological notes ⓘ pronunciations ⓘ variant forms of characters ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Qing dynasty China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editorInChief |
Chen Tingjing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhang Yushu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | dictionary ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeRomanization |
Kangxi Zidian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kʻang-hsi tzu-tien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
modern annotated editions
ⓘ
photographic reprints ⓘ |
| hasLongTermImpactOn |
standardization of Chinese characters
ⓘ
traditional Chinese character classification ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese lexicography
ⓘ
Japanese kanji dictionaries ⓘ Korean hanja dictionaries NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnamese chữ Hán dictionaries ⓘ |
| isCanonicalSourceFor | Kangxi radical list NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Emperor Kangxi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfCharacters |
47000+
ⓘ
about 47035 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryArrangementPrinciple | radical-and-stroke order ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1716 ⓘ |
| publisher | Qing imperial court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radicalSystem | 214 Kangxi radicals ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| subject | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| timeRequiredForCompilation | about 6 years ⓘ |
| usedAsStandardFor |
Unicode CJK character repertoire selection (historically referenced)
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character inclusion in later dictionaries ⓘ |
| usesRadicalsForIndexing | true ⓘ |
| writingSystem | traditional Chinese characters ⓘ |
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Subject: Kangxi Dictionary Description of subject: The Kangxi Dictionary is an authoritative Qing dynasty Chinese character dictionary, renowned for its comprehensive coverage and lasting influence on Chinese lexicography.
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