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Summary
Originally published in 1913, this is a dictionary of about 15,000 Chinese characters arranged by the romanized pronunciation of each character in the Minnan dialect. Definitions are in romanized Minnan. Also included are several appendices: A radical index; a glossary of world placenames and names of historical personages; character examples of Minnan syllables; a list of calendrical cyclical characters for selected years; a list of names from the bible, with Minnan transliteration; a list of simplified versions for some common characters; and a list of new or Minnan-specific characters, with explanations in romanized Minnan.
Title
A Dictionary of the Amoy Vernacular Spoken Throughout the Prefectures of Chin-chiu, Chiang-chiu and Formosa
Author
Campbell, W.
Publisher
Taiwan Jiaohui Gongbaoshe
Date
1965
Object ID
2007.066.391