Traditional Chinese characters are most commonly the characters in the standardized character sets in the Kangxi Dictionary.
The ten radicals with the largest number of characters account for 10,665 characters (or 23% of the dictionary)
 However, by persuading the scholars to work on the dictionary without asking them to formally serve the Qing imperial court, the Kangxi Emperor led them to gradually taking on greater responsibilities until they were assuming the duties of state officials

