Zhonghua Da Zidian

The Zhonghua Da Zidian was an unabridged Chinese dictionary of published in 1915. The chief editors were Xu Yuan'gao , Lu Feikui , and Ouyang Pucun . It was based upon the 1716 ''Kangxi Zidian'', and is internally organized using the 214 Kangxi radicals. The ''Zhonghua Da Zidian'' contains more than 48,000 entries for individual characters, including many invented in the two centuries since the ''Kangxi Dictionary''.

Each character entry includes the fanqie spelling from the Jiyun, the modern pronunciation given with a common homophone, different meanings , classical quotations, and two-character compounds using the character. Although Teng and Biggerstaff acknowledge the ''Zhonghua Da Zidian'' "is very comprehensive and is very carefully compiled," they note three defects. The index, which is arranged by number of , can be inconvenient . The margins do not have characters to help locate entries under a radical. The two-character phrases may be listed under either component.