The first edition of the Hanyu Da Zidian included 54,678 head entries for characters, and this was expanded to 60,370 in the second edition, published in 2010. They give historical logographic forms such as oracle bone script, bronzeware script, and seal script. Pronunciation is glossed for Old Chinese (Shijing rhyme group), Middle Chinese (fanqie spelling), and Modern Standard Chinese (pinyin).
The first edition of the Hanyu Da Zidian contained 54,678 entries for characters, which was expanded to 60,370 in the second edition published in 2010. It includes historical logographic forms like oracle bone script, bronzeware script, and seal script. Pronunciation is explained for Old Chinese (Shijing rhyme group), Middle Chinese (fanqie spelling), and Modern Standard Chinese (pinyin).