---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for Chinese Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 28 Jun 2004, entry by Matthias Arnold New in IGCS - Chinese and Computers (http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/igcc.htm): Unihan Database Ed./Corp.: Unicode, Inc. URL.: http://www.unicode.org/charts/unihan.html Language: English. Self description: "[...] database of information regarding the CJK Unified Ideographs (Unihan) which are a part of the Unicode Standard, Version 4.0. This database originated with data provided by Research Libraries Group, Xerox, Taligent, and Apple. Chinese and Japanese compound data presented in the on-line database come from the on-line CEDICT and Jim Breen's EDICT projects. These additional data are not available in the text-file version. There are also two indices for the index, a grid index grouping the characters in blocks of 256 and a radical-stroke index. A search page is also available. Individual characters can be accessed through the index or via the "Lookup" button and text field above. Enter the four- or five-digit hexadecimal identifier for the character, and click "Lookup." You will be taken to an information page for the character. [...]" Description: The Unihan Database page is part of the Unicode.org website and provides access to all CJKV (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese) characters of the Unicode Standard, currently (20040627) in version 4.0. Although the "Lookup" function only searches for UTF32 code points, there is a "Unihan Search Page" available at http://www.unicode.org/charts/unihansearch.html, that also allows to search for the english definitions and modern "Mandarin" prononciation with tones (i.e. zhong1). It is also possible to browse the characters database using the "Unihan Grid Index" or the "Unihan Radical-stroke Index" (both still based on the Unicode Standard, v.3.1). [Especially browsing the character lists can become time-consuming, as all characters are displayed as small linked graphics.] Contents: (1) Contents (About the Unihan database, The complete Unihan database); (2) Unihan Database (Unihan Grid Index, Unihan Radical-stroke Index, Unihan Search Page, Full list of Unihan Tags); (3) Related Links (Code Charts (PDF Version), Unicode Character Names Index, The Unicode Standard, Version 4.0). _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno E. Lecher INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINESE STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ An archive of this list as well as an subscribe/unsubscribe facility is available at: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/igcs-l.html