We're packaging up our version of the Unihan database for PlecoDict 1.0, and I was wondering if anybody had any particular Unihan fields they considered important to include.
The Unihan website is at http://www.unicode.org/charts/unihan.html - basically it's a repository of data on individual Chinese characters, pronunciations, encodings, dictionary cross-references, definitions, etc. The "UniChin" dictionary database for Oxford E&C was based on it, and we're planning to produce a similar conversion for PlecoDict.
The current list of fields we're planning to use:
The character itself
Pinyin pronunciation(s)
Definitions
Simplified/traditional variants
Cantonese pronunciation(s)
Radical
Total strokes
Is there anything else people would like us to add? It seems a little silly to add Korean/Japanese pronunciation in a Chinese dictionary, but we certainly could... We might also consider adding Hanyu Da Zidian or Cihai references, though since those are tied to particular editions of those books I'm not sure how useful they'll be for most people.
Of course, since we're also planning to release MakeDict for PlecoDict in a few weeks, if you don't like our choices you'll always be welcome to make your own version.
The Unihan website is at http://www.unicode.org/charts/unihan.html - basically it's a repository of data on individual Chinese characters, pronunciations, encodings, dictionary cross-references, definitions, etc. The "UniChin" dictionary database for Oxford E&C was based on it, and we're planning to produce a similar conversion for PlecoDict.
The current list of fields we're planning to use:
The character itself
Pinyin pronunciation(s)
Definitions
Simplified/traditional variants
Cantonese pronunciation(s)
Radical
Total strokes
Is there anything else people would like us to add? It seems a little silly to add Korean/Japanese pronunciation in a Chinese dictionary, but we certainly could... We might also consider adding Hanyu Da Zidian or Cihai references, though since those are tied to particular editions of those books I'm not sure how useful they'll be for most people.
Of course, since we're also planning to release MakeDict for PlecoDict in a few weeks, if you don't like our choices you'll always be welcome to make your own version.