Hello,
One question regarding the CC dictionary... or dictionaries in general.
Say I look 石 in the dictionary.
I see 2 CC entries.
One of them has 1. rock 2. stone 3. stone inscription 4. one of the eight ancient musical instrument
Another one, separated from that, has Shi (with capital S) - surname Shi
I am wondering why there are 2 entries for a same character. It feels that it would have been better to use a single entry combining all the 5 potential meanings inside.
The reason I ask is that the first definition seems to sort the 4 defintions per order of usefulness (rock/stone are the most common meanings).
My friend is trying to use this dictionary to display the most common meanings first. It's easy if there is 1 entry with all definitions sorted out inside. But it's much more difficult if there are multiple entries...
One question regarding the CC dictionary... or dictionaries in general.
Say I look 石 in the dictionary.
I see 2 CC entries.
One of them has 1. rock 2. stone 3. stone inscription 4. one of the eight ancient musical instrument
Another one, separated from that, has Shi (with capital S) - surname Shi
I am wondering why there are 2 entries for a same character. It feels that it would have been better to use a single entry combining all the 5 potential meanings inside.
The reason I ask is that the first definition seems to sort the 4 defintions per order of usefulness (rock/stone are the most common meanings).
My friend is trying to use this dictionary to display the most common meanings first. It's easy if there is 1 entry with all definitions sorted out inside. But it's much more difficult if there are multiple entries...