Re: Simplified Chinese radical set in Unihan

2004-12-19 Thread Richard Cook
On Dec 16, 2004, at 3:20 PM, Tom Emerson wrote: Ah, I don't have my copy of the Comprehensive ABC here at home with me. If you have Wenlin, you have it in electronic form. Wenlin does the typesetting (and sub-licensing) for ABC, and the ABC data is accessible from within the Wenlin app. But on t

Re: Simplified Chinese radical set in Unihan

2004-12-16 Thread Tom Emerson
Erik Peterson writes: >That's what I was thinking, although the lates ABC dictionary, the > Comprehensive, no long uses the CASS table but KangXi with extensions to > handle simplified characters. The order of the CASS table used in ABC > also differs from the most recent editions of the Xi

Re: Simplified Chinese radical set in Unihan

2004-12-16 Thread John H. Jenkins
As you say, the main problem is that there are so many different possible sets. Some will be proprietary, which would limit their usefulness although there would, I believe, otherwise be no objection to its inclusion. If you can come up with a reasonably standard set and reasonably consistent d

Re: Simplified Chinese radical set in Unihan

2004-12-16 Thread Erik Peterson
IMHO the CASS radical set would be the one to use for this. It has the support of a major national body and is used in several dictionaries, including Xiandai Hanyu Cidian and John DeFrancis' ABC Dictionary. That's what I was thinking, although the lates ABC dictionary, the Comprehensive, no lo

Re: Simplified Chinese radical set in Unihan

2004-12-16 Thread Tom Emerson
John H. Jenkins writes: > As you say, the main problem is that there are so many different > possible sets. Some will be proprietary, which would limit their [...] IMHO the CASS radical set would be the one to use for this. It has the support of a major national body and is used in several dicti

Simplified Chinese radical set in Unihan

2004-12-16 Thread Erik Peterson
Hello, I've found many uses for the UniHan data file the past few years. It's a great source of information. One potential addition that I've wanted is a field listing the simplified Chinese radical for at least the simplified Chinese characters, like what exists for the Xinhua Zidian ("Xin