How many words are in the Xinhua dictionary, and how many words are in the Xinhua dictionary

The Xinhua dictionary contains a total of about 10,000 words This is what the Xinhua dictionary says in the preface, and it will definitely not be wrong.

As for the total number of Chinese characters, there is no accurate figure so far, on the one hand, because there are too many Chinese characters, it is difficult to count, on the other hand, because there are too many Chinese characters variant, vulgar characters, whether these characters can be counted into the total number of Chinese characters, the academic community has different opinions.

So far, the dictionary with the largest number of Chinese characters is the Great Chinese Dictionary, which contains more than 56,000 prefixes in regular script.

The addition and decrease of 13 pages reflects the gold content.

From the first edition in 1953 to the new edition, the total number of words in the Xinhua Dictionary has always been between 500,000 and 700,000 words, and the new edition is 660,000 words. Over the past 50 years, although it has been revised more than ten times, the "Xinhua Dictionary" has not made fundamental changes in terms of its compilation purpose, overall length, compilation method, basic content and structure, and has maintained its original style characteristics, but its "gold content" has continued to rise.

According to researcher Cheng Rong, in this revision, the revision area is large, but the number of words changed is not too large. Because whether the revision is good or bad depends on whether it maintains and embodies the original style characteristics of the dictionary, whether it is more perfect and more suitable for the needs of contemporary readers, not on the number of modifications. The Xinhua Dictionary has the characteristics of conciseness, practicality, and smallness, so the revisers also consider the non-expansion of the length.

Interestingly, comparing the new edition with the 1998 edition, which served as the base book, reveals a very curious coincidence. The main text of the new edition is 13 pages smaller than that of the 1998 edition, but the appendices and checklists are a full 13 pages longer than the 1998 edition. The size of the two dictionaries can be said to be exactly the same, but the "gold content" of the new edition is higher than that of the old version, because the content has increased, but the length has not increased.

In terms of the number of words received, the first version of 1953 received more than 6,000 words, and in the subsequent revisions, the number of words received continued to increase, and now it is more than 10,000, covering the 7,000 words of the "Modern Chinese General Character List", which can meet the needs of general readers.

nbsp;The Xinhua Dictionary (1st Edition) was transferred to the Commercial Press by the People's Education Publishing House in June 1957 for publication, and was published in the Xinhua Dictionary (12th Edition) in 2021.

The Xinhua Dictionary is the first modern Chinese dictionary in China, and the earliest name is "Wu Ji Xiao Zidian", but it has not been compiled.

Xinhua Dictionary is the first dictionary published after the founding of the People's Republic of China with vernacular definitions and vernacular examples, which has made great contributions to the improvement of China's cultural level.

The Xinhua Dictionary contains a total of 11,200 words.

Published by the Commercial Press, Xinhua Dictionary has undergone more than 200 large-scale revisions by hundreds of experts and scholars over several generations. The 11th edition of the Xinhua Dictionary was published in July 2011. In the latest version of the Xinhua Dictionary, more than 800 orthographic prefixes have been added, in addition, more than 1,500 traditional Chinese characters and more than 500 variant characters have been added.

According to the preface of the "Xinhua Dictionary", the "Xinhua Dictionary" contains a total of about 11,700 words. There are about 8,500 words and more than 3,200 polyphonic words and phrases added under the single-word explanation.

Xinhua Dictionary has a total of 5,000-6,000 words. It is the first dictionary published after the founding of the People's Republic of China to paraphrase and use vernacular as an example, and it is also the most influential and authoritative small Chinese dictionary so far, which can be called a model of small Chinese dictionaries.

The Xinhua Dictionary is the first modern Chinese dictionary in China, and the earliest name is "Wu Ji Xiao Zi Dictionary", but it was not compiled. Since 1953, it has been re-compiled, and its examples are completely based on the "Wu Ji Small Dictionary". It began to be published in 1953 and was revised repeatedly, but the Xinhua Dictionary, published by the Commercial Press in 1957, was the first edition.

Originally compiled by Xinhua Dictionary Publishing House, it was merged into the Dictionary Office of the Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (now the Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) in 1956. Published by the Commercial Press, Xinhua Dictionary has undergone more than 200 large-scale revisions and more than 200 reprints by hundreds of experts and scholars over several generations, making it the dictionary with the highest circulation in the history of world publishing.