康熙字典

kāng xī zì diǎn

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

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Child Words of 康熙字典

• 字 字 zì: letter
• 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)
• 典 典 diǎn: canon
• 康 康 kāng: healthy
• 康熙 康熙 kāng xī: Kangxi, title of the reign (1661-1722) of the Kangxi Emperor 聖祖|圣祖[shèng zǔ]
• 熙 熙 xī: (bound form) (literary) bright