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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 1569 of 1851.
咽( yān ) 峽( xiá )
isthmus of the fauces
烟( yān ) 霞( xiá )
haze
煙( yān ) 霞( xiá )
haze
咽( yān ) 峡( xiá ) 炎( yán )
angina
咽( yān ) 峽( xiá ) 炎( yán )
angina
烟( yān ) 酰( xiān ) 胺( àn )
nicotinamide
菸( yān ) 酰( xiān ) 胺( àn )
nicotinamide
烟( yān ) 消( xiāo ) 云( yún ) 散( sàn )
to disappear
煙( yān ) 消( xiāo ) 雲( yún ) 散( sàn )
to disappear
烟( yān ) 熏( xūn )
smoke
煙( yān ) 燻( xūn )
smoke
烟( yān ) 熏( xūn ) 火( huǒ ) 燎( liǎo )
smoke and baking fire
煙( yān ) 燻( xūn ) 火( huǒ ) 燎( liǎo )
smoke and baking fire
烟( yān ) 熏( xūn ) 眼( yǎn )
smoky eyes look
煙( yān ) 熏( xūn ) 眼( yǎn )
smoky eyes look
烟( yān ) 熏( xūn ) 妆( zhuāng )
smoky-effect makeup around the eyes
煙( yān ) 熏( xūn ) 妝( zhuāng )
smoky-effect makeup around the eyes
恹( yān ) 恹( yān )
weak
懨( yān ) 懨( yān )
weak
咽( yān ) 炎( yán )
pharyngitis
烟( yān ) 叶( yè )
leaf tobacco
煙( yān ) 葉( yè )
leaf tobacco
烟( yān ) 瘾( yǐn )
the urge to smoke
煙( yān ) 癮( yǐn )
the urge to smoke
烟( yān ) 雨( yǔ )
misty rain
煙( yān ) 雨( yǔ )
misty rain
燕( yān ) 赵( zhào )
Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi
燕( yān ) 趙( zhào )
Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi
燕( yān ) 赵( zhào ) 都( dū ) 市( shì ) 报( bào )
Yanzhao Metropolis Daily
燕( yān ) 趙( zhào ) 都( dū ) 市( shì ) 報( bào )
Yanzhao Metropolis Daily
焉( yān ) 知( zhī )
how is one to know?
胭( yān ) 脂( zhī )
rouge
腌( yān ) 汁( zhī )
marinade
醃( yān ) 汁( zhī )
marinade
閼( yān ) 氏( zhī )
formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty
阏( yān ) 氏( zhī )
formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty
胭( yān ) 脂( zhī ) 虫( chóng )
cochineal insect
胭( yān ) 脂( zhī ) 蟲( chóng )
cochineal insect
胭( yān ) 脂( zhī ) 魚( yú )
Chinese high-fin banded shark
胭( yān ) 脂( zhī ) 鱼( yú )
Chinese high-fin banded shark
腌( yān ) 制( zhì )
marinated
腌( yān ) 製( zhì )
marinated
崦( yān ) 嵫( zī )
name of a mountain in Gansu, where the setting sun was supposed to enter the earth
腌( yān ) 渍( zì )
to pickle
醃( yān ) 漬( zì )
to pickle
严( yán )
tight
嚴( yán )
tight
妍( yán )
beautiful
姸( yán )
beautiful
岩( yán )
cliff
延( yán )
to prolong
揅( yán )
variant of 研 yán
檐( yán )
eaves
沿( yán )
along
炎( yán )
flame
盐( yán )
salt
研( yán )
to grind
碞( yán )
cliff
筵( yán )
bamboo mat for sitting
綖( yán )
cap tassels
莚( yán )
bamboo mat
蜒( yán )
slug
言( yán )
words
訁( yán )
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters
讠( yán )
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters
郔( yán )
(place name)
閆( yán )
surname Yan
閻( yán )
the gate of a lane
闫( yán )
surname Yan
阎( yán )
the gate of a lane
顏( yán )
color
颜( yán )
color
鳽( yán )
(used in naming bitterns and several other species of heron)
鹽( yán )
salt
麣( yán )
goat
𫄧( yán )
cap tassels
延( yán ) 安( ān ) 市( shì )
Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陕西省 shǎnxīshěng
沿( yán ) 岸( àn )
coastal area
沿( yán ) 岸( àn ) 地( dì ) 区( qū )
coastal area
沿( yán ) 岸( àn ) 地( dì ) 區( qū )
coastal area
盐( yán ) 巴( bā )
table salt
鹽( yán ) 巴( bā )
table salt
延( yán ) 毕( bì )
to postpone one's graduation (e.g. by undertaking additional studies)
延( yán ) 畢( bì )
to postpone one's graduation (e.g. by undertaking additional studies)
沿( yán ) 边( biān )
close to the border
沿( yán ) 邊( biān )
close to the border
延( yán ) 边( biān ) 朝( cháo ) 鲜( xiǎn ) 族( zú ) 自( zì ) 治( zhì ) 州( zhōu )
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, in Jilin Province 吉林省 jílínshěng
延( yán ) 邊( biān ) 朝( cháo ) 鮮( xiǎn ) 族( zú ) 自( zì ) 治( zhì ) 州( zhōu )
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, in Jilin Province 吉林省 jílínshěng
延( yán ) 边( biān ) 大( dà ) 学( xué )
Yanbian University
延( yán ) 邊( biān ) 大( dà ) 學( xué )
Yanbian University
盐( yán ) 边( biān ) 县( xiàn )
Yanbian, a county in Panzhihua City 攀枝花市 pānzhīhuāshì, Sichuan
鹽( yán ) 邊( biān ) 縣( xiàn )
Yanbian, a county in Panzhihua City 攀枝花市 pānzhīhuāshì, Sichuan
岩( yán ) 滨( bīn ) 鹬( yù )
rock sandpiper
岩( yán ) 濱( bīn ) 鷸( yù )
rock sandpiper
研( yán ) 缽( bō )
mortar
研( yán ) 钵( bō )
mortar
言( yán ) 不( bù ) 及( jí ) 义( yì )
to talk nonsense
言( yán ) 不( bù ) 及( jí ) 義( yì )
to talk nonsense
言( yán ) 不( bù ) 尽( jìn ) 意( yì )
(conventional letter ending) words cannot fully express what is in my heart
言( yán ) 不( bù ) 盡( jìn ) 意( yì )
(conventional letter ending) words cannot fully express what is in my heart