​Documentation

NCNHNL is a name lexicon database and search engine combining various historical and contemporary sources documenting non-Han names in China's Northeast. Click here to know more about our project and database. 

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User Guidelines

Click here for basic information about searching this database and the meaning of special symbols and phrases.

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​Sources & References 

Click here for abbreviations, a bibliography of all primary sources and secondary references in alphabetical order.

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Acknowledgements

DATA SEARCH

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• The data is primarily available in traditional Chinese and will be fully available in Chinese-English bilingual format at a later stage.

• The default collation for the search box is case insensitive.

• To input special graphemes (Möllendorff-Norman system), you may copy and paste the following: ž, ū, š.

• To input Hanyu Pinyin, please add a space between each character, such as "mu ke deng e".

• Please reset before a new search, if you do not wish to apply the same shortlisted filter.

• Results will appear in the order of data input.

• You can sort out all the names with the filters without any input in the search box.