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A Chinese dictionary (词典 cídiǎn) for learners. Every entry keeps its meanings under the reading
they belong to, so a word read two ways is two sets of meanings rather than one list to guess at.
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部首
A character you have only ever seen in print has no reading to search
for. Find the radical you can see in it, count the strokes that are
left, and read down the table. It is the oldest way into a Chinese
dictionary and still the only one that works on a character you have
never heard said aloud.
The
部首检字表 , all 237 radicals
185090 entries,
showing page 1250 of 1851.
守( shǒu ) 制( zhì )
to go into mourning for one's parents
手( shǒu ) 制( zhì )
to make by hand
手( shǒu ) 製( zhì )
to make by hand
首( shǒu ) 重( zhòng )
to emphasize
手( shǒu ) 肘( zhǒu )
elbow
守( shǒu ) 株( zhū ) 待( dài ) 兔( tù )
lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits
守( shǒu ) 住( zhu )
to hold on to
手( shǒu ) 抓( zhuā ) 餅( bǐng )
fluffy, flaky pancake
手( shǒu ) 抓( zhuā ) 饼( bǐng )
fluffy, flaky pancake
手( shǒu ) 抓( zhuā ) 飯( fàn )
pilaf
手( shǒu ) 抓( zhuā ) 饭( fàn )
pilaf
手( shǒu ) 抓( zhuā ) 羊( yáng ) 肉( ròu )
hand-held mutton
守( shǒu ) 拙( zhuō )
to remain honest and poor
手( shǒu ) 鐲( zhuó )
bracelet
手( shǒu ) 镯( zhuó )
bracelet
首( shǒu ) 字( zì ) 母( mǔ )
initial letter of a word
首( shǒu ) 字( zì ) 母( mǔ ) 縮( suō ) 寫( xiě )
acronym
首( shǒu ) 字( zì ) 母( mǔ ) 缩( suō ) 写( xiě )
acronym
手( shǒu ) 自( zì ) 一( yī ) 体( tǐ )
manumatic
手( shǒu ) 自( zì ) 一( yī ) 體( tǐ )
manumatic
手( shǒu ) 足( zú )
hands and feet
手( shǒu ) 足( zú ) 口( kǒu ) 病( bìng )
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
手( shǒu ) 足( zú ) 口( kǒu ) 症( zhèng )
human hand foot and mouth disease, a viral infection
手( shǒu ) 足( zú ) 亲( qīn ) 情( qíng )
brotherly kindness
手( shǒu ) 足( zú ) 親( qīn ) 情( qíng )
brotherly kindness
手( shǒu ) 足( zú ) 无( wú ) 措( cuò )
at a loss to know what to do
手( shǒu ) 足( zú ) 無( wú ) 措( cuò )
at a loss to know what to do
手( shǒu ) 足( zú ) 之( zhī ) 情( qíng )
brotherly affection
手( shǒu ) 鑽( zuàn )
gimlet
手( shǒu ) 钻( zuàn )
gimlet
兽( shòu )
beast
受( shòu )
to receive
售( shòu )
to sell
壽( shòu )
long life
寿( shòu )
long life
授( shòu )
to confer
狩( shòu )
to hunt
獸( shòu )
beast
瘦( shòu )
thin
綬( shòu )
cord on a seal
绶( shòu )
cord on a seal
瘦( shòu ) 巴( bā ) 巴( bā )
thin
受( shòu ) 保( bǎo ) 人( rén )
the insured person
壽( shòu ) 比( bǐ ) 南( nán ) 山( shān )
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains!
寿( shòu ) 比( bǐ ) 南( nán ) 山( shān )
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains!
受( shòu ) 瘪( biě )
discomfited
受( shòu ) 癟( biě )
discomfited
受( shòu ) 病( bìng )
to fall ill
兽( shòu ) 病( bìng ) 理( lǐ ) 学( xué )
veterinary pathology
獸( shòu ) 病( bìng ) 理( lǐ ) 學( xué )
veterinary pathology
受( shòu ) 不( bù ) 了( liǎo )
unbearable
壽( shòu ) 材( cái )
coffin
寿( shòu ) 材( cái )
coffin
瘦( shòu ) 長( cháng )
slim
瘦( shòu ) 长( cháng )
slim
受( shòu ) 潮( cháo )
to get moist
壽( shòu ) 辰( chén )
birthday
寿( shòu ) 辰( chén )
birthday
受( shòu ) 持( chí )
to accept and maintain faith
受( shòu ) 宠( chǒng )
to receive favor
受( shòu ) 寵( chǒng )
to receive favor
受( shòu ) 宠( chǒng ) 若( ruò ) 惊( jīng )
overwhelmed by favor from superior
受( shòu ) 寵( chǒng ) 若( ruò ) 驚( jīng )
overwhelmed by favor from superior
受( shòu ) 詞( cí )
object
受( shòu ) 词( cí )
object
受( shòu ) 挫( cuò )
thwarted
壽( shòu ) 帶( dài )
Amur paradise flycatcher
寿( shòu ) 带( dài )
Amur paradise flycatcher
綬( shòu ) 帶( dài )
ribbon
绶( shòu ) 带( dài )
ribbon
壽( shòu ) 誕( dàn )
birthday
寿( shòu ) 诞( dàn )
birthday
受( shòu ) 到( dào )
to receive
受( shòu ) 得( de ) 了( liǎo )
to put up with
受( shòu ) 电( diàn ) 弓( gōng )
pantograph
受( shòu ) 電( diàn ) 弓( gōng )
pantograph
受( shòu ) 法( fǎ ) 律( lǜ ) 保( bǎo ) 护( hù ) 权( quán )
right to protection by law
受( shòu ) 法( fǎ ) 律( lǜ ) 保( bǎo ) 護( hù ) 權( quán )
right to protection by law
受( shòu ) 訪( fǎng )
to give an interview
受( shòu ) 访( fǎng )
to give an interview
受( shòu ) 訪( fǎng ) 者( zhě )
participant in a survey
受( shòu ) 访( fǎng ) 者( zhě )
participant in a survey
授( shòu ) 粉( fěn )
to pollinate
受( shòu ) 封( fēng )
to receive fief and title
受( shòu ) 俸( fèng )
to receive an official's salary
兽( shòu ) 父( fù )
father who sexually abuses his own child
獸( shòu ) 父( fù )
father who sexually abuses his own child
受( shòu ) 膏( gāo )
to be anointed
壽( shòu ) 糕( gāo )
birthday cake
寿( shòu ) 糕( gāo )
birthday cake
受( shòu ) 格( gé )
objective
受( shòu ) 够( gòu )
to have had enough of
受( shòu ) 夠( gòu )
to have had enough of
瘦( shòu ) 骨( gǔ ) 棱( léng ) 棱( léng )
bony
瘦( shòu ) 骨( gǔ ) 嶙( lín ) 峋( xún )
skinny
瘦( shòu ) 骨( gǔ ) 伶( líng ) 仃( dīng )
emaciated
受( shòu ) 僱( gù )
to be employed
受( shòu ) 雇( gù )
to be employed
壽( shòu ) 光( guāng ) 市( shì )
Shouguang, a county-level city in Weifang City 潍坊市 wéifāngshì, Shandong
寿( shòu ) 光( guāng ) 市( shì )
Shouguang, a county-level city in Weifang City 潍坊市 wéifāngshì, Shandong