Remembered that a pocket dictionary of such a language as theĬhinese, with renderings in Japanese and in English, has its neces. Such as seriously to impair the usefulness of the book. Sasaki, of the Kyushu Gakuin, for very considerable assistance.Īll, but it is hoped that inaccuracies are few and not Reposed in the Kan-wa Dai Jirin, of the Ikubunkwan. Primarily suggested this book, although special confidence has been Pared by Europeans in recent years, and of the dictionary which Usual service to missionary and other students of the Japanese language, and it is to be hoped that, in a measure at least, they haveĬareful examination has been made of existing dictionaries pre. It is at least unusual that this collaboration has, ofīeen carried on with the minimum of mutual consultation.Īppropriateness in the fact that the younger collaborator has furnished largely the initiative, ingenuity andĮnergy requisite for launching the enterprise, while it has been reserved for the older, and necessarily more experienced member, to Revision of the copy, and the carrying of the book through the press. To the United States, leaving to his associate the completion and Stances connected with the health of his family necessitated his return Laboring for several months quite alone, he hadīlocked out the work and accomplished a good deal, when circum.
Jones at once began the task of selecting characters and preparing copy. That the disadvantage of a somewhat thicker book will be fully offsetīy the greater certainty of finding the character sought. Thousand characters grew to six thousand. Conversation developed a plan for an entirely new dictionaryĮnglish features, of pocket size, and indexed. Of a re-print of the dictionary in question, with the index featureĪdded. By the first, the time required for finding a
Themselves, thus subdividing the side indexes, deserves the credit ofĪ new invention. But the indexing of the lower margin for the radicals Margin with numbers for the sets of radicals from one stroke to There was nothing original in indexing the side Jones took up the study of theĬhinese characters in earnest, he applied the index principle to theĭictionary. It wasĭozen copies in an obscure book-shop, and made it a practice to present a copy to young missionaries of special linguistic promise. Some years ago the present writer discovered a small ChineseJapanese dictionary containing five thousand characters.