Download or read book Chinese Character Dictionary - Pocket Edition written by Adrian Amstel and published by . This book was released on 2018-04 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese Character Dictionary (CCD) contains several new features that make looking up, learning and remembering Chinese characters more effective and more fun:- characters are arranged by phonetic, instead of in order of the sound as written in pinyin. - users of the CCD can find any character by stripping it first of its radicals, and then splitting the remaining phonetic into components. The phonetic can be found under one of its components. - about 7,500 traditional and 1,500 simplified characters can be found using the same 3-step method. Examples are given of their usage, and many pinyin transliterations are given.- counting strokes is not necessary, and most characters can be found within seconds. Looking up new characters is faster and less frustrating compared with traditional methods. - etymological explanations are included and not only help the user to understand the historical background of phonetics and characters, but are also very effective in helping the user to remember them and distinguish them from others that look similar.