Hanyu Da Zidian

[1] A separate volume of essays[2] documents the lexicographical complexities for this full-scale Chinese dictionary.

A second edition (pictured at right) was published in 2006, and has a list of radicals printed on the dust jacket of each volume for quicker character look up.

The chronologically numbered definitions cite early Chinese dictionaries (especially the Shuowen Jiezi) and classic texts.

Internal collation is by a 200 radical system, arranged by stroke count.

Volume 8 has appendices, including rime tables for Old and Middle Chinese, variant characters, indexes, and addenda.