The Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters
for Pleco represents the state of the art
in Chinese character education.
Developed by a team of researchers based in
Taiwan, it makes use of cutting-edge research
on the Chinese language and writing system
to teach how Chinese characters actually work.
The Essentials Edition contains all the information
that's essential to know in order to master
each character, without overburdening you
with extraneous or obscure information.
The form section explains why the character
looks the way it does.
For many entries, we've selected an ancient
character form that clearly shows how the
character originally depicted an object, or
a concept.
The component analysis tells you exactly what
each component's function is
within that specific character.
and allows you to see the real, system-level
connections between characters, which makes
it easier to learn new characters and to remember
ones you've already learned.
We designed the meaning trees to show logical
relationships
between each of the character's meanings.
Arrows and indentation show relationships
between meanings, while circles indicate that
a meaning is unrelated to the original meaning;
the character was simply borrowed for its pronunciation.
We've selected only the meanings most commonly
used in modern Chinese so that you don't get
overwhelmed by a lot of archaic or obscure
character meanings.
In order to write a character correctly, you
must follow the correct stroke order.
The Outlier Dictionary contains stroke orders
for every character, following the PRC standard
for simplified characters and the ROC standard
for traditional, ensuring that you have the
correct stroke order for every character at
your fingertips.
The Outlier Dictionary for Pleco.
Master Chinese characters.
Finally.
