Meaning of Kangxi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Chinese emperor (1654-1722) from the Qing Dynasty period.
2. The Kangxi Dictionary, a dictionary and cross reference of Chinese characters, first published in 1716 at the behest of the Kangxi emperor, and used to the present day.

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Examples

“Wu on Friday said the museum has completed its investigations into the damage⟳ to the stem bowl as well as a yellow porcelain bowl made during the Kangsi era of the Qing Dynasty, which were found to have⟳ been broken when museum staff opened their boxes.”

“According to Kangxi, this word has two kinds of pronunciation.”

“[He wrote] Textual Criticism of Kangxi Zidian, 1827[,] in which he identified more than 2500 erroneous citations in Kangxi.”

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