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CJK Reference Tools

CJK Reference Tools
Dictionary & Directory:

  • The American Heritage Dictionary
  • Britannica Online
  • Chinese-Japanese-Korean Dictionary of Buddhist Terms Charles Muller, Toyo Gakuen University, Japan (Unicode & JIS)
  • A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms & Abbreviations
  • The Information Please Almanac
  • The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
  • Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database by Michel H. Porcher (Chinese, Japanese and others)
  • The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition
  • Roget's Expanded Thesaurus

  • Chinese Character Dictionary by Erik E. Peterson
  • Chinese Dictionary (Kuo Yu Tzu Tien 97 edi.) (Chinese big)
  • Chinese-English Dictionary by Sunrain (Chinese gb, big, gif, English)
  • Chinese-English Dictionary of Morden Usage by Lin Yutang (Chinese big)
  • Chinese-English & English-Chinese Hong Kong Dictionary by HKDict.com (Chinese gb, big)
  • Chinese-English & English-Chinese Proper Names by Xinhua News Agency (Chinese gb, English)
  • Chinese-English Etymological Dictionary also Chinese Characters Dictionary Web
  • Chinese Toponym Information by Honet Travel Center, Hong Kong (Chinese gb)
  • English-Chinese Dictionary by Sunrain (Chinese gb, big, gif, English)
  • English-Chinese Dictionary of Commerce and Trade by Guo Li (English, Chinese gb)
  • Hongen Chinese-English/English-Chinese Dictionary by Hongen Online (English, Chinese)
  • Click H E R E for more Chinese related dictionaries C H I N A: New Resource, Asia Library, UM

  • Definitions-EDICT Dictionary by BND Products Incorporated, USA (English)
  • Eijiro: Japanese-English Dictionary by EDP (Japanese)
  • Japanese Surname Search by 添野正明 (Japanese)
  • Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese-English Dictionary Server by Jim Breen (English, Japanese)
  • Click H E R E for more Japanese related dictionaries Asia Library, UM

  • Korealist.com (Korean)
  • Yonse Hangugo sajon (britannica.co.kr)
  • Yahoo! Korea Yongo Sajon (English-Korean, Korean-English Dictionary)
  • Yahoo! Korea Kugo Sajon (Korean Dictionary)
  • Yahoo Encyclopedia
  • Joongang Multimedia Encyclopedia
  • Subject Dictionaries
  • Tusan Encyber
  • Click H E R E for more Korean related dictionaries Asia Library, UM

  • Global Directories by WAND Inc. (English)
  • Telephone Directory:
  • Telephone: International City Area Codes Search Engine by CLEAR Communications Ltd, New Zealand
  • International Calling Codes by American Computer Resources, Inc.

  • History & Bibliography:

  • Bibliography of Asian Studies Online
  • Bibliography on East Asian Archaeology Ancient East Asia Gina Barnes (English)
  • Calendar Database for Chinese History search by year, emperor and reign title, by Chinese-Artists.net (Chinese big)
  • Chinese Biographical Database Marilyn A. Levine, Lewis-Clark State College (English, Chinese)
  • Chinese Ancient Maps (Images)
  • Chronology of Chinese Dynasties (Chinese big)
  • Chronology of Dynasties and Reign of Emperors (English, Chinese)
  • Era and Timeline of Chinese History by Seke Wei (Chinese gb, big, hz)
  • History Timeline by Leon Poon (English)
  • Rise and Fall - The Chinese Empire a chronological table with 100 portrays of Chinese Empires by Lu Yanguang, GreatChinese (Chinese big)
  • References for History of China (English)
  • History Search (Japanese)
  • Japanese Journals on the Web (English)
  • Click H E R E for more Japanese Studies related bibliographies Asia Library, UM

  • Korean Bibliography Library of Congress
  • The Harvard Korean Studies Bibliography on CD Rom
  • Frank Hoffmann's Korean Studies Page
  • Subject Guide by CEAL Committee on Korean Materials
  • Click H E R E for more Korean Studies related bibliographies Asia Library, UM

  • Tools: CJK Web Searching

  • Selected Chinese Webpage Searches & Major Chinese Search Engines C H I N A: New Resource, Asia Library, UM
  • Japanese Web Search Engines Asia Library, UM
  • Korean Web Search Engines Asia Library, UM

  • Fact Sheet:

  • CIA Factbook: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, North Korea, South Korea
  • Asian Maps: China, Hong kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
  • Click H E R E for more maps C H I N A: New Resource, Asia Library, UM

  • Asia's Best for the year 2000, Asaiweek (English) 8-20-2000
  • Asia's Businessman of the Year: 2000 1999 1998 Fortune (English)
  •  Asiaweek Power 50: 2001 2000 1999 1998, Leaders for the Millennium Asiaweek (English) 9-18-2001
  • Asia's Tech Pioneers Asiaweek (English)
  • BusinessWeek Global 1000: 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, BusinessWeek, USA (English)
  • The Top 25 Asian Companies: 2000, 1999, 1998, Top Leaders (2000)
  • Top 200 Emerging-Market Companies: 2000, 1999
  • BusinessWeek The Stars of Asia: 2001, 2000, 1999, BusinessWeek (English)
  • Top 1000 Asia's Companies: 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997 Asiaweek (English)
  • Top 500 Asia's Financial Navigator: 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997 Asiaweek (English)
  • Top 500 Asia's Largest Commercial Banks: 2001, 2000, 1999 (1-50) (more), 1998, 1997 Asiaweek (English)
  • The Asiaweek Financial 500 (another link) Asiaweek (English)
  • Top 500 Largest non-U.S. Public Companies: 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997 Forbes (English)
  • The World's Best Small Companies: 2001, 2000 (Asia), 1999 Forbes (English)
  • The Best Cities in Asia: 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, The Asiaweek Quality of Life Index (1997) Asiaweek (English)
  • The Best Universities of Asia: 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997 Asiaweek (English)
  • Fortune Global 500

  • How to read CJK:

  • Home of AsianSuite 2000
  • Home of ChineseStar
  • Home of IME Microsoft Global Input Method Editors
  • Home of KanjiKit
  • Home of NJStar Chinese/Japanese/Korean Sofeware
  • Home of RichWin
  • Home of TwinBridge
  • Home of UNICode
  • Chinese Mac Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University
  • Visiting our "Master the RichWin" page at http://asia.lib.umich.edu/zw/index.htm

  • Daily Currency Changing: Yuan, HKD, NTD, Yen, Won (North & South)

  • Foreign Exchange Currency Converter
  • The Universal Currency Converter
  • Calendar:

  • Chinese Lunar Calendar Conversion ChineseEar.com & Chinese Calendar (Chinese gb)
  • Japanese Calendar artelino (English)
  • Korean Calendar (Korean)
  • A Sino-Western Calendar for Two Thousand Years Academia Sinica (Chinese big)
  • Western-Chinese Calendar Converter by Erik E. Peterson (English)

  • Weather: Beijing Hong Kong Seoul Shanghai Taipei Tokyo by Weather for Active Live (English)

    Full Text and Indexes:

  • Bibliography of Asian Studies index
  • Dissertation Abstracts index & abstract
  • Eureka:
  • Francis index & abstract, eureka
  • General Reference Center Gold index & full text
  • Index of Chinese Periodicals, Hong Kong index & abstract  5-28-99
  • Lexis web Access full text
  • ISI Citation Databases: The Web of Science index & abstract
  • Periodical Abstracts index & abstract
  • Periodicals Contents Index index & abstract
  • Philosopher's Index index
  • Pricing Electronic Access to Knowledge peak, full text
  • Proquest Full-Text Newspapers
  • RLIN Bibliographic File online library catalog
  • Wilson Select full text
  • WorldCat online library catalog

  • Chinese Full Text Indexes
  • Japanese Web Resources
  • Korean Web Resources
  • More Networked Resources China: New Resource, Asia Library UM
  • Library:

  • Conversion: Wade-Giles to Pinyin
  • Conversion: Pinyin to Wade-Giles
  • Conversion: Pinyin to Chuyin to Wade-Giles
  • Modified Hepburn
  • McCune-Reischauer
  • Journal of East Asian Libraries CEAL Committee

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