Note 1 — PART 1. ON SOUND.

In Káng-hí’s Dictionary many words in the lower first tone, formerly in the g, d, b, columns, have been transferred to the aspirate column, to be in conformity with northern pronunciation. Words in the short tone having k, t, p, as finals in the old system, have also been classed as terminating in vowels, for the same reason. These changes however are only found in Káng-hí’s second table, and the older classification, denoted by a circle round the examples placed where they formerly stood, is retained with the new.