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康熙字典

kāng xī zì diǎn

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Definitions

  1. 1. the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries

Child Words of 康熙字典

字典
zì diǎn

Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[cí diǎn], which has entries for words of one or more characters)

康
kāng

healthy

典
diǎn

canon

字
zì

letter

熙
xī

(bound form) (literary) bright

康熙
kāng xī

Kangxi, title of the reign (1661-1722) of the Kangxi Emperor 聖祖|圣祖[shèng zǔ]