"Kangxi Dictionary" is a Chinese character dictionary with far-reaching influence compiled by more than 30 famous scholars including Zhang Yushu and Chen Tingjing in accordance with the imperial edict of Kangxi. The compilation of the book began in the 49th year of Kangxi (1710) and was completed in the 55th year of Kangxi (1716), which took six years, so the book is called "Kangxi Dictionary". It was presided over by the chief editors Zhang Yushu and Chen Tingjing, and the editors Ling Shaoxiao, Shi Kui, Zhou Qiwei, Chen Shiru and others worked together to complete it. The dictionary adopts the radical classification method and arranges words according to strokes. The dictionary is divided into twelve volumes, identified by the twelve earthly branches. Each volume is divided into three volumes: upper, middle and lower. The finals are arranged according to finals, tones and syllables. and its corresponding Chinese characters, a total of forty-seven thousand and thirty-five Chinese characters (47,035) are included, making it one of the main reference documents for the study of Chinese characters.
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