DDB Access for Android

11 things about DDB Access

1. The application also includes general dictionaries for scholars working on Buddhist texts with literary or historical terminology, and a first demo of the "Couvreur" dictionary for Classical Chinese.

2. Contributors are required to have completed a graduate degree to at least the equivalent of the M.A. level in graduate school program at a fully accredited university, where one has received direct formal training in the reading of classical East Asian Buddhist texts.

3. DDB Access provides immediate access to unknown words, with links to related words (also in, contained) and character series (Kangxi, etymology).

4. On iPad, landscape orientation (horizontal) can be used either in full screen (split window like on laptop) or multiple applications: the original reader on one side and DDB Access on the other side.

5. DDB (Digital Dictionary of Buddhism) and CJKV-E (Classical Chinese) are collaborative works edited by Charles Muller, University of Tokyo.

6. Along centuries, Chinese writing has developed a number of reference points, reasonable or simply traditional, well known by most Chinese: "Se non è vero, è ben trovato".

7. Any user may access the dictionary by entering "guest" as the username with no password.

8. DDB Access gives access to DDB and CJKV-E from iPhone and iPad.

9. User chooses to show pronunciations in Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Vietnamese.

10. This will allow a total of 20 searches in each of the DDB and CJKV-E dictionaries in a 24-hour period.

11. Character series emphasize these reference points.