As the title says. There are a few minor formatting improvements we're working on that will actually require an app update (for example, there's a bug that prevents us from inserting a ) after the a/b/c sub-definition headings), and we're also still pondering our solution for dealing with variants and 简体字.
The original dictionary is 繁体 only - we've left that aspect of it intact, but we did add the ability to search for simplified versions of characters when there is no separate entry in the dictionary for that simplified character - i.e., you can search for 鱼 and get 魚 because that's unambiguous, but if you search for 于 you'll only get the entry for 于 and won't get the entry for 於. (as it happens those two entries do link to each other, but that's not always the case) We thought this was the best way to support people dealing with simplified versions of Classical texts (all too common) without muddying any of the original character information.
As far as variants, at the moment we leave all of those entries exactly as they are in the printed version - i.e. for 魊 you'll see nothing but a ⦿ (this dictionary's symbol for variants) followed by a link to 蜮. Again, we're trying not to muddy any of the original information here, but we recognize this is a bit inefficient / annoying so we're working on a way to display the original entries inline here without losing anything.
The original dictionary is 繁体 only - we've left that aspect of it intact, but we did add the ability to search for simplified versions of characters when there is no separate entry in the dictionary for that simplified character - i.e., you can search for 鱼 and get 魚 because that's unambiguous, but if you search for 于 you'll only get the entry for 于 and won't get the entry for 於. (as it happens those two entries do link to each other, but that's not always the case) We thought this was the best way to support people dealing with simplified versions of Classical texts (all too common) without muddying any of the original character information.
As far as variants, at the moment we leave all of those entries exactly as they are in the printed version - i.e. for 魊 you'll see nothing but a ⦿ (this dictionary's symbol for variants) followed by a link to 蜮. Again, we're trying not to muddy any of the original information here, but we recognize this is a bit inefficient / annoying so we're working on a way to display the original entries inline here without losing anything.
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