DDB Access

DDB(DigitalDictionaryofBuddhism)andCJKV-E(ClassicalChinese)arecollaborativeworkseditedbyCharlesMuller.DDBAccessgivesaccesstoDDBandCJKV-EfromyourAndroiddevice.DDBAccessisafreeapplication.Anyusermayaccessthedictionarybyentering"guest"astheusernamewithnopassword.Thiswillallowatotalof10searchesineachoftheDDBandCJKV-Edictionariesina24-hourperiod.Contributorscangetfreeunlimitedaccessbysubmittinga350wordentryasspecifiedathttp://www.buddhism-dict.net/contribute.htmlDDBandCJKV-Eareprimarilyresourcesforscholars.ContributorsarerequiredtohavecompletedagraduatedegreetoatleasttheequivalentoftheM.A.levelingraduateschoolprogramatafullyaccrediteduniversity,whereonehasreceiveddirectformaltraininginthereadingofclassicalEastAsianBuddhisttexts.MichaelBeddowdevelopedandsteadfastlymaintainedtheDDB/CJKV-Eserversforabouttwodecades.PaulHacketthasnowtakenthisresponsibility.PARSEANDLOOKUPAfulltextcanbecopiedwithimmediateaccesstounknownwords.Lookupshowsmeaning,relatedwordsandcharacterdetailswithmultiplecross-links.Userscancustomizeshown/hiddenitemstokeeppresentationsimpleandclear.This"web"ofwordsandcharacterseasilyaccessiblefromtheinitialcontextstronglyhelpsmemorizing.Besidesrecognizingthecorrespondencebetweensimplifiedandtraditionalvariants,SmartHanzialsorecognizesmultipletraditionalvariants.Forinstance,searching/parsing真willshowboth真and眞,accordingtowhatispresentintheselecteddictionary.Oritwillrecognizeequallywell為/爲or眾/衆.SEARCHDICTIONARIESSearchbyChinese,meaningorpinyin.Forpinyin,thetonemustbespecifiedforsinglecharacters.Itneedsnot(andmustnot)bespecifiedforwords.Forexample:da4,xue2,daxue,xueshengarevalidsearches(noresultforda4xue2orxue2sheng1).READINGSUserchoosestoshowpronunciationsinChinese,Japanese,KoreanorVietnamese.MYWORDSWordscanbeflaggedwithred(notknown),yellow(review)orgreen(known),fromvariouslistsorlookuppages."Mywords"willshowthefulllistofunknown(orrevieworknown)words.CHARACTERSERIESCharacterlistscanbeshownperKangxiradical,phoneticseries(Wieger)oretymology(KanjiNetworks,Wieger).ETYMOLOGYSmartHanzishowstheetymologyofChinesecharactersfrom:-TheEtymologicalDictionaryofHan/ChineseCharactersbyLawrenceJ.HowellandHikaruMorimoto(English,6000characters,former"KanjiNetworks").-177etymologicallessonsfromDr.L.Wieger,S.J."Caractèreschinois"(French,stilltobecompleted).Thesetwosourcesdonothavethesameapproach.Wieger'sbookwasfirstpublishedin1899(French)and1915(English).Itisbasedonthe"Shuowenjiezi"(說文解字)publishedaround120CE,aclassicalreferenceinChina.Itdoesnotincludethe20thand21stcenturydiscoveriesandthereforeistechnicallywronginmanyrespects.However,basedontheShuowenJiezi,itreflectstheChinesetraditionandculture.ItiswhatmanyChineseknowabouttheirwriting.ThereisdefinitelyaneedforresearchabouttherealoriginanddevelopmentofChinesecharacters.HowellandotherslikeAxelSchuesslercontributetothisresearch.Formoststudents,whethertheetymologyisrealorjusttraditionaldoesnotmatter.Thepointistotetsomeguidanceandreferencepoints:Senonèvero,èbentrovato.Consciouslyornot,Chinesechildrenlearnalotofetymologyatschoolandathome.Fromthisperspective,etymologyisnotonlyforscholarsorexperts.Gettingfamiliarwithbasiccomponentsandtheirexplanationwilleffectivelyhelpstudentsatalllevels,bothforrememberingknowncharactersandtakeupunknownones.TABLETSLandscapeviewisbestfortablets.