Which dictionary in China has the most words?
Zihai is the dictionary with the largest number of Chinese characters, with a total of 85,568 Chinese characters. The officially published Chinese characters are only over 80,000, while Kangxi Dictionary has only 47,000 words. "The Sea of Chinese Characters" is the best in the world. The following is a brief introduction of Sea of Chinese Characters, which is mainly composed of two parts: one part is collected from existing Chinese dictionaries, such as Shuowen Jiezi, Pian Yu, Guang Yun, Jiyun, Kangxi Dictionary and China Dictionary; The other part is the words that should be included in the reference books of past dynasties, including Buddhist scriptures, Dunhuang folk characters, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing folk characters, dialect characters, words coined by science and technology and words still used in names and places today. In addition, popular folk characters from Taiwan Province Province, Hong Kong and Macao, dialect characters and Chinese characters popular in Japan, South Korea and Singapore are also included in the book. This book contains 85,568 Chinese characters in regular script. The main bases for accepting Chinese characters are: (1) Chinese characters collected in dictionaries of past dynasties, such as Shuowen, Yupian, Guang Yun, Jiyun and Kangxi Dictionary. (2) Chinese characters that have not been collected in dictionaries of past dynasties, but have been found in literary classics. (3) All simplified words in the Simplified Glossary promulgated by the State Language Commission. (4) Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, bamboo slips and silk scripts are recognized as official characters in academic circles. (5) Variant characters in inscriptions of past dynasties (typos are generally not accepted except single characters). (6) Dialect words in local literature and dialect dictionaries. (7) Modern scientific and technological neologisms. (8) Names and place names are still in use today. (9) Analogical simplified characters that appear in today's publications beyond the summary scope of simplified characters. (10) 1977 Chinese characters in the Second Simplified Chinese Character Scheme (Draft) published by China Chinese Character Reform Commission (objective introduction after inclusion). (1 1) Chinese characters popular in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Chinese characters used in Japan, Korea, Singapore and other countries are also included in this book as appropriate.