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    Chinese Character Indexes, Volume 1: Telegraphic Code Index
    Chinese Character Indexes, Volume 1: Telegraphic Code Index
    Chinese Character Indexes, Volume 1: Telegraphic Code Index
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    Chinese Character Indexes, Volume 1: Telegraphic Code Index

    By Ching-yi Dougherty, Sydney M. Lamb and Samuel E. Martin

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    This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.
    This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of California Press
    Release dateNov 15, 2023
    ISBN9780520347373
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