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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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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 413 of 1851.
輻( fú ) 條( tiáo )
spoke
辐( fú ) 条( tiáo )
spoke
服( fú ) 帖( tiē )
docile
浮( fú ) 貼( tiē )
to glue something lightly enough that it can be removed later
浮( fú ) 贴( tiē )
to glue something lightly enough that it can be removed later
幞( fú ) 头( tóu )
a kind of headscarf worn by men in ancient China
幞( fú ) 頭( tóu )
a kind of headscarf worn by men in ancient China
浮( fú ) 图( tú )
alternative term for 佛陀 fótuó
浮( fú ) 圖( tú )
alternative term for 佛陀 fótuó
浮( fú ) 屠( tú )
Buddha
浮( fú ) 土( tǔ )
topsoil
福( fú ) 娃( wá )
Fuwa
扶( fú ) 危( wēi )
to help those in distress
扶( fú ) 危( wēi ) 济( jì ) 困( kùn )
to help those in distress
扶( fú ) 危( wēi ) 濟( jì ) 困( kùn )
to help those in distress
伏( fú ) 惟( wéi )
to lie prostrate
福( fú ) 維( wéi ) 克( kè )
Vorwerk
福( fú ) 维( wéi ) 克( kè )
Vorwerk
福( fú ) 委( wěi ) 会( huì )
welfare committee
福( fú ) 委( wěi ) 會( huì )
welfare committee
符( fú ) 文( wén )
rune
凫( fú ) 翁( wēng )
watercock
鳧( fú ) 翁( wēng )
watercock
伏( fú ) 卧( wò )
lying down
伏( fú ) 臥( wò )
lying down
福( fú ) 无( wú ) 双( shuāng ) 至( zhì )
blessings never come in pairs
福( fú ) 無( wú ) 雙( shuāng ) 至( zhì )
blessings never come in pairs
服( fú ) 务( wù )
to serve
服( fú ) 務( wù )
to serve
服( fú ) 务( wù ) 费( fèi )
service charge
服( fú ) 務( wù ) 費( fèi )
service charge
服( fú ) 务( wù ) 规( guī ) 章( zhāng )
service regulation
服( fú ) 務( wù ) 規( guī ) 章( zhāng )
service regulation
服( fú ) 务( wù ) 器( qì )
server
服( fú ) 務( wù ) 器( qì )
server
服( fú ) 务( wù ) 生( shēng )
server
服( fú ) 務( wù ) 生( shēng )
server
服( fú ) 务( wù ) 台( tái )
service desk
服( fú ) 務( wù ) 台( tái )
service desk
服( fú ) 務( wù ) 臺( tái )
service desk
服( fú ) 务( wù ) 提( tí ) 供( gōng ) 商( shāng )
service provider
服( fú ) 務( wù ) 提( tí ) 供( gōng ) 商( shāng )
service provider
服( fú ) 务( wù ) 提( tí ) 供( gōng ) 者( zhě )
service provider
服( fú ) 務( wù ) 提( tí ) 供( gōng ) 者( zhě )
service provider
服( fú ) 务( wù ) 业( yè )
service industry
服( fú ) 務( wù ) 業( yè )
service industry
服( fú ) 务( wù ) 员( yuán )
waiter
服( fú ) 務( wù ) 員( yuán )
waiter
服( fú ) 务( wù ) 质( zhì ) 量( liàng )
Quality of Service
服( fú ) 務( wù ) 質( zhì ) 量( liàng )
Quality of Service
伏( fú ) 羲( xī )
Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852–2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
伏( fú ) 羲( xī ) 氏( shì )
Fuxi, legendary ruler in Chinese mythology credited with inventing fishing, trapping, and writing
祓( fú ) 禊( xì )
exorcistic ablutions
伏( fú ) 線( xiàn )
foreshadowing
伏( fú ) 线( xiàn )
foreshadowing
浮( fú ) 现( xiàn )
to come to mind
浮( fú ) 現( xiàn )
to come to mind
浮( fú ) 想( xiǎng )
passing thought
浮( fú ) 想( xiǎng ) 联( lián ) 翩( piān )
to let one's imagination roam
浮( fú ) 想( xiǎng ) 聯( lián ) 翩( piān )
to let one's imagination roam
福( fú ) 相( xiàng )
facial expression of good fortune
拂( fú ) 晓( xiǎo )
daybreak
拂( fú ) 曉( xiǎo )
daybreak
浮( fú ) 小( xiǎo ) 麥( mài )
unripe wheat grain
浮( fú ) 小( xiǎo ) 麦( mài )
unripe wheat grain
福( fú ) 星( xīng )
mascot
茀( fú ) 星( xīng )
comet
福( fú ) 星( xīng ) 高( gāo ) 照( zhào )
lucky star in the ascendant
服( fú ) 刑( xíng )
to serve a prison sentence
拂( fú ) 袖( xiù ) 而( ér ) 去( qù )
to storm off in a huff
福( fú ) 煦( xù )
Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), leading French general and commander-in-chief of allied forces in the latter stages of World War One
浮( fú ) 选( xuǎn )
flotation process
浮( fú ) 選( xuǎn )
flotation process
伏( fú ) 汛( xùn )
summer flood
浮( fú ) 岩( yán )
pumice
扶( fú ) 养( yǎng )
to foster
扶( fú ) 養( yǎng )
to foster
扶( fú ) 搖( yáo ) 直( zhí ) 上( shàng )
to skyrocket
扶( fú ) 摇( yáo ) 直( zhí ) 上( shàng )
to skyrocket
服( fú ) 药( yào )
to take medicine
服( fú ) 藥( yào )
to take medicine
扶( fú ) 掖( yè )
to support
服( fú ) 仪( yí )
attire and grooming
服( fú ) 儀( yí )
attire and grooming
芣( fú ) 苢( yǐ )
see 车前 chēqián
服( fú ) 役( yì )
to serve in the army
福( fú ) 音( yīn )
good news
福( fú ) 音( yīn ) 书( shū )
gospel
福( fú ) 音( yīn ) 書( shū )
gospel
符( fú ) 印( yìn )
sigil
服( fú ) 膺( yīng )
to bear in mind
浮( fú ) 盈( yíng )
floating profit
服( fú ) 硬( yìng )
to yield to force
服( fú ) 用( yòng )
to take
浮( fú ) 游( yóu )
to float
蜉( fú ) 蝣( yóu )
mayfly
浮( fú ) 游( yóu ) 生( shēng ) 物( wù )
plankton
扶( fú ) 余( yú )
Buyeo (c. 200 BC–494 AD), ancient kingdom in what is now northeast China
扶( fú ) 揄( yú )
to raise high
扶( fú ) 餘( yú )
Buyeo (c. 200 BC–494 AD), ancient kingdom in what is now northeast China