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A dictionary is a reference book to explain the meaning, concept and usage of words. A dictionary in a broad sense includes a Chinese dictionary and various reference books with words as the collection unit; A narrow dictionary only refers to a Chinese dictionary. Its overall structure generally consists of preface, examples, text, appendix, index and other parts. The text explains the title in the form of items, which are arranged in an orderly manner. According to different standards or characteristics, dictionaries can be divided into many types. Chinese dictionaries can be divided into three categories according to their contents: Chinese dictionaries, subject (encyclopedia) dictionaries and proper name dictionaries. In ancient China, specialized books, including dictionaries, with the main content of explaining words were collectively called word books. Erya, Dialect and Shuowen Jiezi are the earliest representative dictionaries in China. The Great Chinese Dictionary is the largest dictionary in China. The oldest existing dictionary in the world is the Sumerian-Akkadian bilingual dictionary of difficult words compiled during the Assyrian Empire in the 7th century BC. 16 12 The Collection of Words published in Italy is the first European national dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary published by Oxford University Press has 12 volume, supplemented by 1 volume (1884 ~ 1928), which is the largest dictionary in modern western countries. A dictionary is a reference book that arranges words in a certain order and explains them separately. After the rise of information theory, the concept of dictionary has been expanded. Every subject has information, and it needs to compile a dictionary for retrieval, so a dictionary is synonymous with the storage and arrangement of knowledge. Lexicology includes Difficult Words, Vocabulary, Index of Words Used by Famous Books or Experts, and Classified Vocabulary. In ancient China, there were such appellations as Ziyuan, Zitong and Zijian, and Zishu was a general term.

A dictionary, also known as a dictionary, is a reference book that collects words in a certain order and explains them for people to consult and refer to. There are Chinese dictionaries, professional dictionaries and comprehensive dictionaries. The oldest existing dictionary in the world is the Sumerian-Akkadian bilingual dictionary of difficult words compiled during the Assyrian Empire in the 7th century BC. The earliest dictionary in China was Er Ya compiled by China in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty.

Cihai is the largest comprehensive dictionary in China. Cihai is a large comprehensive dictionary with words, which has the functions of dictionary, Chinese dictionary and encyclopedia. The word "Ci Hai" originated from the famous Han Dynasty stone carving "Ode to Shimen" in Hanzhong, Shaanxi. The emperor's masterpiece Ci Hai is the crystallization of a century and several generations of scholars. The earliest planning launch of Ci Hai began at 19 15. At that time, Mr. Lu Feikui, the founder of Zhonghua Book Company, was determined to compile a comprehensive dictionary integrating China's words, phrases and encyclopedias, and its momentum was admirable. Taking the meaning of "all rivers run into the sea", the book is entitled "Ci Hai".

Mainly has the following characteristics: 1, adding Theory of Three Represents Theory and its series of items, including and so on. Added Scientific Outlook on Development and its series of items, including and so on. Therefore, Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theoretical system constitutes a series, and at the same time, the history of Marxist development also constitutes a series. 2. Break through the stereotype of accepting only ancient Chinese, and add 5000 kinds of commonly used modern Chinese. If calculated by meaning, it adds 20 thousand meanings. For example, (Lai) (1ài), the fifth edition only accepts five meanings, and the sixth edition adds five modern meanings, namely: false accusation, blame, bad (bad), hooligan, and refusing to leave when leaving. This word, like the newly added word "Ru", is commonly used in people's daily life and is used frequently. Therefore, adding modern Chinese items will undoubtedly make Ci Hai closer to the masses, life and reality. 3. All previous Ci Hai failed to accept the literary works after the founding of New China. The sixth edition added works such as Red Rock, Red Flag Spectrum, Red Sun, Entrepreneurship History, Flying Tigers, Silence, Bailuyuan and so on. Although there are not many additional words, they make up a big gap in the history of modern literature in China. 4. In terms of commonly used Chinese characters, glyphs, phonetic notation, specification of variant characters, numeral usage, quantity and unit, technical terms, etc. , should be handled in accordance with the unified provisions of the state. From this perspective, the sixth edition of Ci Hai will be the latest standard dictionary in China. So as to further increase the authority and practicality of Ci Hai. 5. With the promotion of the collation of ancient books and the reprint of various books, the book versions are updated one after another, which makes the documentary evidence content and source of Ci Hai inappropriate. Therefore, 146 books (mainly ancient books) were searched and checked, which improved the quality of documentary evidence cited in Cihai.