Chinese Language. Educational Dictionary of Characters

The dictionary contains over 2500 characters. Inside the dictionary, the characters are arranged according to the Chinese transcription phonetic alphabet (pinyin), and there is also a table of keys, which currently numbers 214, with each key assigned a serial number. Each key has a name, and there can be several variants. The keys themselves are arranged in order of increasing number of strokes, from 1 to 17. The preface includes rules for determining the key, and as an appendix at the end of the dictionary, there is a key index for searching characters in the dictionary.
The dictionary is intended for teachers, students, translators of fiction, periodicals, reference literature, and for anyone studying and improving their knowledge of the Chinese language.
2nd edition.