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| • | Dictionaries traditionally have 214 |
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| classifiers (first introduced in the Kang Xi |
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| dictionary of 1716). |
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| • | The first real Chinese dictionary (說文解字, |
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| AD 120) had 540 radicals. |
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| • | Today’s publications group
under 186, |
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| 189, 191, 225, 226, and 250, in addition to |
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| the classic 214 radicals. |
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