Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters: Expert Edition

The groundbreaking new Chinese character dictionary exclusively for Pleco! Understand the logic behind the writing system by learning how Chinese characters actually work.

The Expert Edition includes

• 4000+ characters
• Extensive information about the origin, evolution, and other historical information for every entry
• Stroke order for all 4000 characters
• Meaning tree for every character: how are all the meanings related to each other?

Note that this version hasn't been released yet. If you pre-order it, you'll get the current version of the Essentials Edition, plus all the Expert entries we've finished so far (~200 right now, with another ~70 on the way in September). You'll also get regular updates until the dictionary is finished!

Also note that the German version hasn't been released yet. If you order it, you'll get the English version for now, and we'll let you know when the German version is ready so you can switch over if you'd like.