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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 409 of 1851.
葍( fú )
weeds
蚨( fú )
(water-beetle)
蝠( fú )
bat
袚( fú )
knee-pads
袱( fú )
a cloth used to wrap or cover
輻( fú )
spoke of a wheel
辐( fú )
spoke of a wheel
郛( fú )
suburbs
韍( fú )
kneepad
韨( fú )
kneepad
髴( fú )
head ornament
鳧( fú )
mallard
鵩( fú )
owl
黻( fú )
embroidery using black and blue thread
伏( fú ) 安( ān )
volt-ampere
福( fú ) 安( ān ) 市( shì )
Fu'an, a county-level city in Ningde City 宁德市 níngdéshì, Fujian
伏( fú ) 案( àn )
to bend over one's desk
符( fú ) 板( bǎn )
a charm to protect against evil spirits
福( fú ) 報( bào )
karmic reward
福( fú ) 报( bào )
karmic reward
伏( fú ) 笔( bǐ )
foreshadowing
伏( fú ) 筆( bǐ )
foreshadowing
服( fú ) 辩( biàn )
written confession
服( fú ) 辯( biàn )
written confession
浮( fú ) 标( biāo )
buoy
浮( fú ) 標( biāo )
buoy
伏( fú ) 兵( bīng )
hidden troops
浮( fú ) 冰( bīng )
ice floe
服( fú ) 兵( bīng ) 役( yì )
to serve in the army
浮( fú ) 薄( bó )
frivolous
扶( fú ) 不( bù ) 起( qǐ ) 的( de ) 阿( ā ) 斗( dǒu )
weak and inept person
福( fú ) 布( bù ) 斯( sī )
Forbes
浮( fú ) 財( cái )
movable property
浮( fú ) 财( cái )
movable property
福( fú ) 彩( cǎi )
lottery run by China Welfare Lottery, a government agency that uses a portion of the money from ticket sales to fund welfare projects
拂( fú ) 塵( chén )
horsetail whisk
拂( fú ) 尘( chén )
horsetail whisk
浮( fú ) 塵( chén )
dust
浮( fú ) 尘( chén )
dust
浮( fú ) 沉( chén )
ups and downs
涪( fú ) 城( chéng ) 区( qū )
Fucheng, a district of Mianyang City 绵阳市 miányángshì, Sichuan
涪( fú ) 城( chéng ) 區( qū )
Fucheng, a district of Mianyang City 绵阳市 miányángshì, Sichuan
扶( fú ) 持( chí )
to help
浮( fú ) 出( chū )
to emerge
浮( fú ) 出( chū ) 水( shuǐ ) 面( miàn )
to float up
祓( fú ) 除( chú )
to exorcize
符( fú ) 串( chuàn )
string
浮( fú ) 窗( chuāng )
floating window
浮( fú ) 詞( cí )
florid but insubstantial remarks
浮( fú ) 词( cí )
florid but insubstantial remarks
服( fú ) 从( cóng )
to obey
服( fú ) 從( cóng )
to obey
福( fú ) 袋( dài )
fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount
福( fú ) 岛( dǎo )
Fukushima
福( fú ) 島( dǎo )
Fukushima
弗( fú ) 迪( dí ) 南( nán )
Ferdinand
伏( fú ) 地( dì )
to lie prostrate
福( fú ) 地( dì )
happy land
伏( fú ) 地( dì ) 魔( mó )
Lord Voldemort, villain in the Harry Potter series
扶( fú ) 弟( dì ) 魔( mó )
(neologism c. 2017, a play on 伏地魔 fúdìmó) woman who devotes herself to supporting her little brother
伏( fú ) 地( dì ) 挺( tǐng ) 身( shēn )
push-up
浮( fú ) 点( diǎn )
floating point
浮( fú ) 點( diǎn )
floating point
浮( fú ) 点( diǎn ) 数( shù )
floating-point number
浮( fú ) 點( diǎn ) 數( shù )
floating-point number
浮( fú ) 点( diǎn ) 型( xíng )
floating-point
浮( fú ) 點( diǎn ) 型( xíng )
floating-point
浮( fú ) 点( diǎn ) 运( yùn ) 算( suàn )
floating point operation
浮( fú ) 點( diǎn ) 運( yùn ) 算( suàn )
floating point operation
浮( fú ) 雕( diāo )
relief sculpture
浮( fú ) 雕( diāo ) 墙( qiáng ) 纸( zhǐ )
embossed wallpaper
浮( fú ) 雕( diāo ) 牆( qiáng ) 紙( zhǐ )
embossed wallpaper
福( fú ) 鼎( dǐng ) 市( shì )
Fuding, a county-level city in Ningde City 宁德市 níngdéshì, Fujian
拂( fú ) 动( dòng )
to ruffle
拂( fú ) 動( dòng )
to ruffle
浮( fú ) 动( dòng )
to drift about
浮( fú ) 動( dòng )
to drift about
浮( fú ) 动( dòng ) 窗( chuāng ) 口( kǒu )
floating window
浮( fú ) 動( dòng ) 窗( chuāng ) 口( kǒu )
floating window
浮( fú ) 动( dòng ) 地( dì ) 狱( yù )
floating hell
浮( fú ) 動( dòng ) 地( dì ) 獄( yù )
floating hell
伏( fú ) 都( dū ) 教( jiào )
Voodoo
服( fú ) 毒( dú )
to take poison
幅( fú ) 度( dù )
width
福( fú ) 尔( ěr )
Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899
福( fú ) 爾( ěr )
Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899
伏( fú ) 尔( ěr ) 加( jiā ) 格( gé ) 勒( lè )
Volgograd, city in Russia on the Volga River 伏尔加河 fúěrjiāhé
伏( fú ) 爾( ěr ) 加( jiā ) 格( gé ) 勒( lè )
Volgograd, city in Russia on the Volga River 伏尔加河 fúěrjiāhé
伏( fú ) 尔( ěr ) 加( jiā ) 河( hé )
Volga River
伏( fú ) 爾( ěr ) 加( jiā ) 河( hé )
Volga River
福( fú ) 尔( ěr ) 马( mǎ ) 林( lín )
formalin
福( fú ) 爾( ěr ) 馬( mǎ ) 林( lín )
formalin
福( fú ) 尔( ěr ) 摩( mó ) 沙( shā )
Formosa
福( fú ) 爾( ěr ) 摩( mó ) 沙( shā )
Formosa
福( fú ) 尔( ěr ) 摩( mó ) 斯( sī )
Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福尔摩斯
福( fú ) 爾( ěr ) 摩( mó ) 斯( sī )
Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福尔摩斯
伏( fú ) 尔( ěr ) 泰( tài )
Voltaire (1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer and philosopher
伏( fú ) 爾( ěr ) 泰( tài )
Voltaire (1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer and philosopher
伏( fú ) 法( fǎ )
to be executed
服( fú ) 法( fǎ )
to submit to the law