How many sets is the Kangxi dictionary divided into, and how many words are included in the Kangxi d

Kangxi Dictionary is a far-reaching Chinese character dictionary compiled by more than 30 famous scholars such as Zhang Yushu and Chen Tingjing in accordance with the holy decree of Kangxi. The compilation of the book began in the forty-ninth year of the Kangxi reign (1711) and was completed in the fifty-fifth year of the Kangxi reign (1716), which lasted six years, so the name of the book is "Kangxi Dictionary". It was presided over by the chief compilers Zhang Yushu and Chen Tingjing, and the revision officials Ling Shaoxiao, Shi Kui, Zhou Qiwei, Chen Shiru and others worked together to complete the work.

The dictionary adopts the radical classification method, arranging the words according to the strokes, and the dictionary is divided into 12 episodes, identified by 12 earthly branches, each set is divided into three volumes, upper, middle and lower, and arranges the finals and corresponding Chinese characters according to the finals, tones and syllables, including a total of 47,035 Chinese characters (47,035), which is one of the main references for the study of Chinese characters.

A total of 47,035 Chinese characters are included.

Kangxi Dictionary is the world's largest dictionary with the largest collection of Chinese characters. It is a Chinese character dictionary with far-reaching influence compiled by more than 30 famous scholars such as Zhang Yushu and Chen Tingjing during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

The book is based on Mei Yingzhu's "Vocabulary" and Zhang Zilie's "Orthography" in the Ming Dynasty to supplement and expand, and is accompanied by "Addendum" and "Remarks" to include cold and incomplete phonetic words. There are some errors in the phonetic paraphrase quotations in the book, and then Wang Yinzhi's "Kangxi Dictionary Examination Zheng" corrects a total of 2,588 citation errors.

Kangxi Dictionary", edited by Zhang Yushu and Chen Tingjing of the Hanlin Academy during the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty, was written with reference to the two books of the Ming Dynasty's "Vocabulary" and "Zhengzitong", and is a set of detailed Chinese dictionaries written in the 55th year of the Kangxi reign (1716), which has been reprinted to this day.

The Kangxi Dictionary contains a total of 47,035 characters, and the book is divided into 12 collections, categorized by 214 radicals, and annotated with reverse cut phonetics, sources, and references. The book is changed to Qinzhong, and the finals list and its corresponding Chinese characters are arranged according to the finals, tones and syllables, and the "Alphabet Rhyme Cutting Method" and "Equal Rhyme Cutting Guide" are also attached.

Kangxi Dictionary has different pronunciations and meanings of the word below the prefix, and documentary evidence is cited except for the obscure meaning. The Qing Dynasty law stipulates that all scholars must write the "Kangxi Dictionary" as the standard for writing the imperial examination, so the book has a great influence on the academic world, and after the book is completed, it is very popular, and it is still a valuable language reference book.

Kangxi Dictionary has a woodcut book of the Qing Dynasty, in the late Qing Dynasty, there were several photocopies in Shanghai, Zhonghua Book Company used to use the photocopy of the same book as the base to make a zinc plate, now use the save plate to reprint, and attach Wang Yinzhi's dictionary research in the back for reference.

During the Qianlong period, Wang Xihou wrote the book "Ziguan", which pointed out for the first time the shortcomings of the "Kangxi Dictionary" in terms of citation and interpretation, but because he offended the majesty of the emperor's "imperial determination", he was copied all over the house, and his works were also burned. In the 7th year of Daoguang (1827), Wang Yinzhi was ordered by the emperor to write "Dictionary Examination of Li Zheng", which corrected some errors in the quotation of books in the Kangxi Dictionary, in which a total of 2,588 errors were cited.

It is said that there are 47,035 words, but in fact, 81 words are repeated in the two radicals, so the actual number of words is 46,954.