Additions and Revisions of the Bing Radical in the Second Edition of Han Yu Da Zi Dian

Compared with the old edition of 8-volume Han Yu Da Zi Dian,the second edition of 9-volume Han Yu Da Zi Dian features many changes,such as the addition of new characters,unification of Chinese characters' forms,and correction of some errors in pronunciation,explanation and examples,which reflect the new findings in research.Taking the Bing Radical of the Second Edition of Han Yu Da Zi Dian for example,the character gang(■) in the old edition is turned into gang(■) in the new one,and the pronunciation of ■ is labeled as liu.However,there are some mistakes in the Second Edition of Han Yu Da Zi Dian.For example,the dictionary records the character kuang(■) by mistake,but does not record the character lin(■).In the form of characters,the characters yin(淫) and lin(癛) are mistakenly taken as qing(■) and lin(■) separately.In pronunciation,some characters' phonetic notations like qia(冾) and he(■) are different from the fanqie(反切) quoted from Jiyun(集韵).In explanation,some entries of meaning are omitted for the word ye(冶).In quotations,there are some improper quotations such as leng(冷),ye(冶),ling(凌) and he(■).