The symbols found on painted pottery in Banpo site more than 6000 years ago can be said to be the germination of Chinese characters, also known as "primitive" characters. More than 3,000 years later, the Shang Dynasty Oracle Bone Inscriptions "Oracle Bone Inscriptions" appeared, with about 4,500 words, which was praised by Chinese and foreign scholars as "the civilized wealth of all mankind". According to relevant data, the first dictionary in China, Shuo Wen Jie Zi, was compiled by Xu Shen in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with 9,353 words and 1 163 variants. The word "Lin" written by Lu Chen in Jin Dynasty received 12824. In Song Dynasty, Lei Bian compiled by Wang Zhu and Sima Guang received more than 3,654.38 million words. Variant character 2 1000. The Kangxi Dictionary compiled during the reign of Emperor Kangxi in Qing Dynasty has a total of 47,035 words. The Chinese Dictionary published by Zhonghua Book Company 19 15 has more than 48,000 words. The new edition of Ci Hai has more than14,800 words. Professor Wang Zhuxi's New Radical Dictionary has more than 5 1000 words, which is more than Kangxi Dictionary and Zhonghua Dictionary, and it is the dictionary with the most words so far.
How many Chinese characters have condensed the essence of China culture? The Chinese character library of Beijing Guoan Information Equipment Company, which was appraised by experts not long ago, has 9 125 1 Chinese characters with sources. Experts say this is the largest and most complete Chinese character library at present. It is understood that before the advent of Guoan font, the Chinese Dictionary published by 1994 received the most words, with * * * receiving 870 words19, including 320 repeated words.