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Okpyeon

An Okpyeon (옥편, ) is the Korean name for a hanja dictionary. An okpyeon can range from a small palm-sized book for around 4000 won to a full-sized dictionary.

The original Okpyeon was a dictionary that listed 10,691 graphs, indexed under 542 "radicals." The dictionary was made by King Guye (519~581) of the Chinese Liang Dynasty in 543 A.D. and then edited by Xiao Kai . The Okpyeon dictionary was transmitted and widely used in Korea, and thus the name of this dictionary came to be the general term for a dictionary of Chinese graphs.

 
     
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