Whats the best way to find out how to pronounce an ideograph in Mandarin?
The best way is to use the kHanyuPinlu, kXHC1983, and kHanyuPinyin fields in that order. The kMandarin field may have some readings the other three do not but should be used with caution. The kHanyuPinlu field lists the most common readings for ideographs in order of frequency of use and is the most useful for most purposes. The kXHC1983 field contains the most important readings for characters in modern use, and the kHanyuPinyin field contains an exhaustive set of readings for a large set of characters, but includes obscure readings of historic interest only.
