Simplex Publications San Francisco (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Octavo. 68 pages. Numerous examples throughout the text. Good. Page edges tanned. Cover also tanned with some wear to its edges and corners; back has picked up a few marks.

Paperback. 15, 27, 18p., 5.25x8.5 inches; first abridged edition, heavily illus., spine a tad sunned, else in very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. 1st ed., 2nd printing ; 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 22 cm. ; LCCN 98101103 ; LC PL1455 .G65 1995b ; ISBN 9780962311352, 0962311359 ; OCLC 38258139 ; stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Chinese Characters: what are they? -- Getting familiar with the radicals -- Common radicals -- How many do you know? (quiz) -- Compressed common radicals -- Compressed common radicals (quiz) -- How to count the number of strokes -- A walk through Chinatown (quiz) -- What's on the menu? (quiz) -- Which radical is that? (intro) & tables -- The common radicals (tables) -- The common radicals (alphabetical list) -- Radicals (English names) -- Their ancestral forms (etymology) -- The odd ones: unusual cases -- Rapid-access index (intro) & tables -- What's more on the menu? (quiz) -- English names of radicals (intro) -- English names of radicals: tables -- Simplified radicals: tables -- An easy-access dictionary ; This dictionary has been referred to as the Rosetta Stone of the Chinese language. A Chinese Dictionary for the Western Mind. This dictionary is a must for every Chinese language student because it is the only dictionary indexed by the root of the character, named the radical. Most Chinese dictionaries are indexed by the pronunciation or the complexity of the character, that is, by the number of strokes in the character. The unique feature of this dictionary is that the characters are looked up using the English word of the radical of a character instead of the number of strokes or the pronunciation of the character. This simple rearrangement dramatically narrows the field of search for any given character. This dictionary teaches how to identify the radical and also provides its etymology to help with memorization ; FINE. Book.…