Kangxi Dictionary

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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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Kangxi Dictionary canonical 1
Kangxi Zidian 1
康熙字典 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese character dictionary ⓘ
lexicographical work ⓘ
reference work ⓘ
basedOn Shuowen Jiezi ⓘ
earlier Chinese dictionaries ⓘ
ChineseName 康熙字典 ⓘ
linked to: Kangxi Dictionary
citedBy historical linguistics of Chinese ⓘ
modern sinology ⓘ
commissionedBy Emperor Kangxi ⓘ
linked to: Kangxi
commissionYear 1710 ⓘ
compiledBy Qing dynasty scholars ⓘ
compiledIn Qing dynasty ⓘ
completionYear 1715 ⓘ
considered authoritative dictionary in Qing dynasty ⓘ
standard reference for traditional Chinese characters ⓘ
contains character definitions ⓘ
citations from classical texts ⓘ
etymological notes ⓘ
pronunciations ⓘ
variant forms of characters ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Qing dynasty China ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty
editorInChief Chen Tingjing ⓘ
Zhang Yushu ⓘ
genre dictionary ⓘ
hasAlternativeRomanization Kangxi Zidian ⓘ
linked to: Kangxi Dictionary

Kʻang-hsi tzu-tien ⓘ
hasEdition modern annotated editions ⓘ
photographic reprints ⓘ
hasLongTermImpactOn standardization of Chinese characters ⓘ
traditional Chinese character classification ⓘ
influenced Chinese lexicography ⓘ
Japanese kanji dictionaries ⓘ
Korean hanja dictionaries ⓘ
linked to: Hanja

Vietnamese chữ Hán dictionaries ⓘ
isCanonicalSourceFor Kangxi radical list ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
namedAfter Emperor Kangxi ⓘ
linked to: Kangxi
numberOfCharacters 47000+ ⓘ
about 47035 ⓘ
placeOfPublication Beijing ⓘ
primaryArrangementPrinciple radical-and-stroke order ⓘ
publicationYear 1716 ⓘ
publisher Qing imperial court ⓘ
radicalSystem 214 Kangxi radicals ⓘ
script Chinese characters ⓘ
subject Chinese characters ⓘ
timeRequiredForCompilation about 6 years ⓘ
usedAsStandardFor Unicode CJK character repertoire selection (historically referenced) ⓘ
character inclusion in later dictionaries ⓘ
usesRadicalsForIndexing true ⓘ
writingSystem traditional Chinese characters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kangxi → commissionedWork → Kangxi Dictionary ⓘ
Kangxi Dictionary → ChineseName → 康熙字典 ⓘ
linked to: Kangxi Dictionary
Kangxi Dictionary → hasAlternativeRomanization → Kangxi Zidian ⓘ
linked to: Kangxi Dictionary