类书

Traditional form:

類書

Pinyin (reading):

lèishū

Definitions:

• reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)

Characters:

• 类 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
• 书 - book, letter, document; writing

Traditional characters:

• 類 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
• 書 - book, letter, document; writing