History: Chinese Character Wiki
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+ The Chinese Character Wiki is a community-maintained database of Chinese character information.+ It powers the character breakdowns and explanations throughout the site.+ + ## Component types+ + Chinese characters are composed of components. Each component has a role in the character — it+ may contribute meaning, sound, or both. The wiki categorises components into eight types:+ + - [the meaning component](article:meaning-component) — contributes to the character's meaning.+ - [the sound component](article:sound-component) — contributes to the character's pronunciation.+ - [the iconic component](article:iconic-component) — a pictographic representation of meaning.+ - [the remnant component](article:remnant-component) — a vestige of an older, more complex form.+ - [the simplified component](article:simplified-component) — a simplification of a traditional component.+ - [the deleted component](article:deleted-component) — a component that was removed during simplification.+ - [the distinguishing component](article:distinguishing-component) — added to distinguish similar characters.+ - [the unknown component](article:unknown-component) — the component's role is unclear.+ + ## How to contribute+ + Anyone can suggest edits to character data. Navigate to a character page and click "Edit". Your+ edit will be reviewed by a wiki editor before being published.+ + If you have wiki editor permissions, your edits are automatically approved and you can review+ edits from other contributors.+ + ## Data sources+ + The wiki aggregates data from multiple sources:+ + - **Unihan** — Unicode standard character properties+ - **CC-CEDICT** — Collaborative Chinese-English dictionary+ - **AnimCJK** — Stroke order animations+ - **MakeMeAHanzi** — Character decomposition data+ - **Shuowen Jiezi** — Ancient character etymology+ - **Baxter-Sagart** — Old Chinese pronunciation reconstructions+ - **Zhengzhang** — Historical phonology+ - **Jun Da corpus** — Character frequency in books+ - **SUBTLEX-CH** — Character frequency in film subtitles