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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 1696 of 1851.
曱( yuē ) 甴( zhá )
cockroach
約( yuē ) 章( zhāng )
charter
约( yuē ) 章( zhāng )
charter
約( yuē ) 制( zhì )
to bind
约( yuē ) 制( zhì )
to bind
哕( yuě )
to puke
噦( yuě )
to puke
刖( yuè )
to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China)
岳( yuè )
wife's parents and paternal uncles
嶽( yuè )
high mountain
悅( yuè )
pleased
悦( yuè )
pleased
抈( yuè )
to bend
月( yuè )
moon
樾( yuè )
shade of trees
瀹( yuè )
to cleanse
爚( yuè )
bright
狘( yuè )
jump
玥( yuè )
pearl used in sacrifice
礿( yuè )
spring imperial ancestral sacrifice
禴( yuè )
spring imperial ancestral sacrifice
籥( yuè )
flute
粤( yuè )
Cantonese
粵( yuè )
Cantonese
越( yuè )
to exceed
跃( yuè )
to jump
躍( yuè )
to jump
軏( yuè )
crossbar for yoking horses
鉞( yuè )
battle-ax
鑰( yuè )
key
钥( yuè )
key
钺( yuè )
battle-ax
閱( yuè )
to inspect
阅( yuè )
to inspect
龠( yuè )
ancient unit of volume
𫐄( yuè )
crossbar for yoking horses
月( yuè ) 半( bàn )
15th of the month
越( yuè ) 帮( bāng ) 越( yuè ) 忙( máng )
to be officious
越( yuè ) 幫( bāng ) 越( yuè ) 忙( máng )
to be officious
月( yuè ) 報( bào )
monthly
月( yuè ) 报( bào )
monthly
月( yuè ) 孛( bèi )
(ancient Chinese astrology) Yuebei, a heavenly body postulated to exist at the apogee of the Moon's orbit, hindering the Moon's progress
閱( yuè ) 兵( bīng )
to review troops
阅( yuè ) 兵( bīng )
to review troops
閱( yuè ) 兵( bīng ) 式( shì )
military parade
阅( yuè ) 兵( bīng ) 式( shì )
military parade
月( yuè ) 餅( bǐng )
mooncake
月( yuè ) 饼( bǐng )
mooncake
粤( yuè ) 菜( cài )
Cantonese cuisine
粵( yuè ) 菜( cài )
Cantonese cuisine
跃( yuè ) 层( céng )
duplex
躍( yuè ) 層( céng )
duplex
月( yuè ) 城( chéng )
semicircular defensive enclosure around city gates
越( yuè ) 城( chéng ) 岭( lǐng )
Yuecheng mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi
越( yuè ) 城( chéng ) 嶺( lǐng )
Yuecheng mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi
越( yuè ) 城( chéng ) 区( qū )
Yuecheng, a district of Shaoxing City 绍兴市 shàoxīngshì, Zhejiang
越( yuè ) 城( chéng ) 區( qū )
Yuecheng, a district of Shaoxing City 绍兴市 shàoxīngshì, Zhejiang
岳( yuè ) 池( chí ) 县( xiàn )
Yuechi, a county in Guang'an City 广安市 guǎngānshì, Sichuan
岳( yuè ) 池( chí ) 縣( xiàn )
Yuechi, a county in Guang'an City 广安市 guǎngānshì, Sichuan
月( yuè ) 初( chū )
start of month
岳( yuè ) 得( dé ) 尔( ěr ) 歌( gē )
to yodel
嶽( yuè ) 得( dé ) 爾( ěr ) 歌( gē )
to yodel
月( yuè ) 底( dǐ )
end of the month
越( yuè ) 冬( dōng )
to pass the winter
閱( yuè ) 讀( dú )
to read
阅( yuè ) 读( dú )
to read
閱( yuè ) 讀( dú ) 廣( guǎng ) 度( dù )
reading span
阅( yuè ) 读( dú ) 广( guǎng ) 度( dù )
reading span
閱( yuè ) 讀( dú ) 理( lǐ ) 解( jiě )
reading comprehension
阅( yuè ) 读( dú ) 理( lǐ ) 解( jiě )
reading comprehension
閱( yuè ) 讀( dú ) 器( qì )
reader
阅( yuè ) 读( dú ) 器( qì )
reader
閱( yuè ) 讀( dú ) 障( zhàng ) 礙( ài )
dyslexia
阅( yuè ) 读( dú ) 障( zhàng ) 碍( ài )
dyslexia
閱( yuè ) 讀( dú ) 裝( zhuāng ) 置( zhì )
electronic reader
阅( yuè ) 读( dú ) 装( zhuāng ) 置( zhì )
electronic reader
月( yuè ) 度( dù )
monthly
乐( yuè ) 队( duì )
band
樂( yuè ) 隊( duì )
band
悅( yuè ) 耳( ěr )
sweet-sounding
悦( yuè ) 耳( ěr )
sweet-sounding
越( yuè ) 发( fā )
increasingly
越( yuè ) 發( fā )
increasingly
岳( yuè ) 飛( fēi )
Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general
岳( yuè ) 飞( fēi )
Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general
越( yuè ) 飛( fēi )
Adolph Abramovich Joffe (1883-1927), Soviet and Comintern diplomat and spy in 1922-23 in Republican China
越( yuè ) 飞( fēi )
Adolph Abramovich Joffe (1883-1927), Soviet and Comintern diplomat and spy in 1922-23 in Republican China
月( yuè ) 費( fèi )
monthly fee
月( yuè ) 费( fèi )
monthly fee
月( yuè ) 份( fèn )
month
月( yuè ) 份( fèn ) 会( huì ) 议( yì )
monthly meeting
月( yuè ) 份( fèn ) 會( huì ) 議( yì )
monthly meeting
月( yuè ) 份( fèn ) 牌( pái )
calendar
月( yuè ) 俸( fèng )
monthly salary
乐( yuè ) 府( fǔ )
yuefu
樂( yuè ) 府( fǔ )
yuefu
乐( yuè ) 府( fǔ ) 诗( shī ) 集( jí )
Collection of Yuefu Songs and Ballads, compiled in the 11th century by Guo Maoqian 郭茂倩 guōmàoqiàn
樂( yuè ) 府( fǔ ) 詩( shī ) 集( jí )
Collection of Yuefu Songs and Ballads, compiled in the 11th century by Guo Maoqian 郭茂倩 guōmàoqiàn
岳( yuè ) 父( fù )
wife's father, father-in-law
乐( yuè ) 感( gǎn )
musicality