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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.
Look a character up by its
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 141 of 1851.
慘( cǎn ) 重( zhòng )
disastrous
惨( cǎn ) 状( zhuàng )
devastation
慘( cǎn ) 狀( zhuàng )
devastation
灿( càn )
glorious
燦( càn )
glorious
璨( càn )
gem
粲( càn )
beautiful
璨( càn ) 璨( càn )
very bright
粲( càn ) 夸( kuā ) 克( kè )
charm quark
灿( càn ) 烂( làn )
to glitter
燦( càn ) 爛( làn )
to glitter
灿( càn ) 烂( làn ) 多( duō ) 彩( cǎi )
multicolored splendor
燦( càn ) 爛( làn ) 多( duō ) 彩( cǎi )
multicolored splendor
璨( càn ) 美( měi )
resplendent
粲( càn ) 然( rán )
clear and bright
灿( càn ) 若( ruò ) 繁( fán ) 星( xīng )
extremely able talent
燦( càn ) 若( ruò ) 繁( fán ) 星( xīng )
extremely able talent
孱( càn ) 头( tou )
weakling
孱( càn ) 頭( tou )
weakling
灿( càn ) 笑( xiào )
to smile brightly
燦( càn ) 笑( xiào )
to smile brightly
璨( càn ) 玉( yù )
lustrous jade
仓( cāng )
barn
伧( cāng )
low fellow
倉( cāng )
barn
傖( cāng )
low fellow
凔( cāng )
cold
沧( cāng )
(of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green
滄( cāng )
(of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green
舱( cāng )
cabin
艙( cāng )
cabin
苍( cāng )
dark blue
蒼( cāng )
dark blue
苍( cāng ) 白( bái )
pale
蒼( cāng ) 白( bái )
pale
苍( cāng ) 白( bái ) 色( sè )
pale
蒼( cāng ) 白( bái ) 色( sè )
pale
苍( cāng ) 白( bái ) 无( wú ) 力( lì )
pale and feeble
蒼( cāng ) 白( bái ) 無( wú ) 力( lì )
pale and feeble
苍( cāng ) 背( bèi ) 山( shān ) 雀( què )
cinereous tit
蒼( cāng ) 背( bèi ) 山( shān ) 雀( què )
cinereous tit
苍( cāng ) 苍( cāng )
ash gray
蒼( cāng ) 蒼( cāng )
ash gray
仓( cāng ) 储( chǔ )
to store in a warehouse
倉( cāng ) 儲( chǔ )
to store in a warehouse
仓( cāng ) 促( cù )
all of a sudden
倉( cāng ) 促( cù )
all of a sudden
苍( cāng ) 翠( cuì )
verdant
蒼( cāng ) 翠( cuì )
verdant
苍( cāng ) 耳( ěr )
Siberian cocklebur
蒼( cāng ) 耳( ěr )
Siberian cocklebur
舱( cāng ) 房( fáng )
cabin
艙( cāng ) 房( fáng )
cabin
仓( cāng ) 敷( fū )
Kurashiki
倉( cāng ) 敷( fū )
Kurashiki
仓( cāng ) 庚( gēng )
black-naped oriole
倉( cāng ) 庚( gēng )
black-naped oriole
苍( cāng ) 狗( gǒu )
bad omen
蒼( cāng ) 狗( gǒu )
bad omen
沧( cāng ) 海( hǎi ) 桑( sāng ) 田( tián )
lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields
滄( cāng ) 海( hǎi ) 桑( sāng ) 田( tián )
lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields
沧( cāng ) 海( hǎi ) 一( yī ) 粟( sù )
one grain floating on the ocean
滄( cāng ) 海( hǎi ) 一( yī ) 粟( sù )
one grain floating on the ocean
沧( cāng ) 海( hǎi ) 遗( yí ) 珠( zhū )
undiscovered talent
滄( cāng ) 海( hǎi ) 遺( yí ) 珠( zhū )
undiscovered talent
仓( cāng ) 皇( huáng )
in a panic
倉( cāng ) 皇( huáng )
in a panic
苍( cāng ) 黄( huáng )
greenish yellow
蒼( cāng ) 黃( huáng )
greenish yellow
仓( cāng ) 皇( huáng ) 出( chū ) 逃( táo )
to run off in a great panic
倉( cāng ) 皇( huáng ) 出( chū ) 逃( táo )
to run off in a great panic
仓( cāng ) 皇( huáng ) 失( shī ) 措( cuò )
flustered
倉( cāng ) 皇( huáng ) 失( shī ) 措( cuò )
flustered
仓( cāng ) 颉( jié )
Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing
倉( cāng ) 頡( jié )
Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing
苍( cāng ) 劲( jìng )
old and strong
蒼( cāng ) 勁( jìng )
old and strong
仓( cāng ) 库( kù )
depot
倉( cāng ) 庫( kù )
depot
沧( cāng ) 浪( làng ) 亭( tíng )
Canglang Pavilion in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
滄( cāng ) 浪( làng ) 亭( tíng )
Canglang Pavilion in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
苍( cāng ) 老( lǎo )
old
蒼( cāng ) 老( lǎo )
old
苍( cāng ) 凉( liáng )
desolate
蒼( cāng ) 涼( liáng )
desolate
仓( cāng ) 廪( lǐn )
granary
倉( cāng ) 廩( lǐn )
granary
沧( cāng ) 龙( lóng )
mosasaur
滄( cāng ) 龍( lóng )
mosasaur
苍( cāng ) 龙( lóng )
Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龙
蒼( cāng ) 龍( lóng )
Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龙
沧( cāng ) 龙( lóng ) 科( kē )
family Mosasauridae
滄( cāng ) 龍( lóng ) 科( kē )
family Mosasauridae
苍( cāng ) 鹭( lù )
grey heron
蒼( cāng ) 鷺( lù )
grey heron
苍( cāng ) 茫( máng )
boundless
蒼( cāng ) 茫( máng )
boundless
苍( cāng ) 莽( mǎng )
boundless
蒼( cāng ) 莽( mǎng )
boundless
苍( cāng ) 眉( méi ) 蝗( huáng ) 莺( yīng )
Gray's grasshopper warbler