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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 367 of 1851.
番( fān ) 石( shí ) 榴( liu )
guava
翻( fān ) 石( shí ) 鷸( yù )
ruddy turnstone
翻( fān ) 石( shí ) 鹬( yù )
ruddy turnstone
翻( fān ) 手( shǒu ) 为( wéi ) 云( yún ) 覆( fù ) 手( shǒu ) 变( biàn ) 雨( yǔ )
lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
翻( fān ) 手( shǒu ) 為( wéi ) 雲( yún ) 覆( fù ) 手( shǒu ) 變( biàn ) 雨( yǔ )
lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
番( fān ) 薯( shǔ )
sweet potato
藩( fān ) 属( shǔ )
vassal state
藩( fān ) 屬( shǔ )
vassal state
翻( fān ) 糖( táng )
fondant
翻( fān ) 腾( téng )
to surge
翻( fān ) 騰( téng )
to surge
翻( fān ) 天( tiān ) 覆( fù ) 地( dì )
fig. complete confusion
翻( fān ) 箱( xiāng ) 倒( dǎo ) 柜( guì )
to overturn trunks and boxes
翻( fān ) 箱( xiāng ) 倒( dǎo ) 櫃( guì )
to overturn trunks and boxes
翻( fān ) 箱( xiāng ) 倒( dǎo ) 箧( qiè )
to overturn trunks and boxes
翻( fān ) 箱( xiāng ) 倒( dǎo ) 篋( qiè )
to overturn trunks and boxes
番( fān ) 泻( xiè ) 叶( yè )
senna leaf
番( fān ) 瀉( xiè ) 葉( yè )
senna leaf
翻( fān ) 新( xīn )
to revamp
翻( fān ) 修( xiū )
to rebuild
番( fān ) 鴨( yā )
Muscovy duck
番( fān ) 鸭( yā )
Muscovy duck
翻( fān ) 一( yī ) 番( fān )
to increase by 100%
翻( fān ) 譯( yì )
to translate
翻( fān ) 译( yì )
to translate
翻( fān ) 譯( yì ) 家( jiā )
translator
翻( fān ) 译( yì ) 家( jiā )
translator
翻( fān ) 譯( yì ) 者( zhě )
translator
翻( fān ) 译( yì ) 者( zhě )
translator
翻( fān ) 印( yìn )
to reprint
翻( fān ) 涌( yǒng )
to roll over and over
翻( fān ) 湧( yǒng )
to roll over and over
翻( fān ) 越( yuè )
to cross
翻( fān ) 閱( yuè )
to thumb through
翻( fān ) 阅( yuè )
to thumb through
翻( fān ) 云( yún ) 覆( fù ) 雨( yǔ )
fig. to shift one's ground
翻( fān ) 雲( yún ) 覆( fù ) 雨( yǔ )
fig. to shift one's ground
翻( fān ) 造( zào )
to rebuild
藩( fān ) 鎮( zhèn )
lit. fence town
藩( fān ) 镇( zhèn )
lit. fence town
翻( fān ) 轉( zhuǎn )
to roll
翻( fān ) 转( zhuǎn )
to roll
翻( fān ) 桌( zhuō )
to flip a table over
翻( fān ) 桌( zhuō ) 率( lǜ )
table turnover rate
翻( fān ) 子( zi ) 拳( quán )
Fanziquan - "Overturning Fist" - Martial Art
翻( fān ) 嘴( zuǐ )
to withdraw a remark
翻( fān ) 作( zuò )
to compose
凡( fán )
ordinary
墦( fán )
a grave
樊( fán )
fence
烦( fán )
to feel vexed
煩( fán )
to feel vexed
燔( fán )
burn
璠( fán )
(gem)
矾( fán )
alum
礬( fán )
alum
笲( fán )
osier basket of brides
籵( fán )
dm
繁( fán )
complicated
膰( fán )
cooked meat used in sacrifice
薠( fán )
plant similar to coco-grass 莎草 suōcǎo
蘩( fán )
Artemisia stellariana
蠜( fán )
cyrtophyllus sp.
蹯( fán )
paws of animal
釩( fán )
vanadium
鐇( fán )
vanadium
钒( fán )
vanadium
鷭( fán )
water-hen
𫔍( fán )
vanadium
𬸪( fán )
water-hen
凡( fán ) 百( bǎi )
all
繁( fán ) 本( běn )
detailed edition
繁( fán ) 博( bó )
numerous and wide-ranging
繁( fán ) 昌( chāng ) 区( qū )
Fanchang, a district of Wuhu City 芜湖市 wúhúshì, Anhui
繁( fán ) 昌( chāng ) 區( qū )
Fanchang, a district of Wuhu City 芜湖市 wúhúshì, Anhui
凡( fán ) 塵( chén )
mundane world
凡( fán ) 尘( chén )
mundane world
樊( fán ) 城( chéng ) 区( qū )
Fancheng, a district of Xiangyang City 襄阳市 xiāngyángshì, Hubei
樊( fán ) 城( chéng ) 區( qū )
Fancheng, a district of Xiangyang City 襄阳市 xiāngyángshì, Hubei
凡( fán ) 得( dé ) 瓦( wǎ ) 力( lì )
van der Waals force
繁( fán ) 多( duō )
many and varied
凡( fán ) 尔( ěr ) 丁( dīng )
a type of plain-woven woolen fabric that is thin, stiff and smooth
凡( fán ) 爾( ěr ) 丁( dīng )
a type of plain-woven woolen fabric that is thin, stiff and smooth
凡( fán ) 尔( ěr ) 赛( sài )
Versailles
凡( fán ) 爾( ěr ) 賽( sài )
Versailles
凡( fán ) 尔( ěr ) 赛( sài ) 宫( gōng )
the Palace of Versailles, France
凡( fán ) 爾( ěr ) 賽( sài ) 宮( gōng )
the Palace of Versailles, France
凡( fán ) 尔( ěr ) 赛( sài ) 文( wén ) 学( xué )
social media post whose purpose is to humblebrag
凡( fán ) 爾( ěr ) 賽( sài ) 文( wén ) 學( xué )
social media post whose purpose is to humblebrag
凡( fán ) 夫( fū )
common person
凡( fán ) 夫( fū ) 俗( sú ) 子( zǐ )
common people
繁( fán ) 复( fù )
complicated
繁( fán ) 複( fù )
complicated
凡( fán ) 高( gāo )
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter
繁( fán ) 花( huā )
flourishing blossom
繁( fán ) 华( huá )
flourishing
繁( fán ) 華( huá )
flourishing
凡( fán ) 間( jiān )
the secular world
凡( fán ) 间( jiān )
the secular world
繁( fán ) 简( jiǎn )
complicated and simple