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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 572 of 1851.
華( huá ) 安( ān ) 縣( xiàn )
Hua'an, a county in Zhangzhou City 漳州市 zhāngzhōushì, Fujian
滑( huá ) 板( bǎn )
skateboard
滑( huá ) 板( bǎn ) 車( chē )
kick scooter
滑( huá ) 板( bǎn ) 车( chē )
kick scooter
滑( huá ) 板( bǎn ) 鞋( xié )
skate shoes
华( huá ) 北( běi )
North China
華( huá ) 北( běi )
North China
华( huá ) 北( běi ) 龙( lóng )
Huabeisaurus
華( huá ) 北( běi ) 龍( lóng )
Huabeisaurus
华( huá ) 北( běi ) 平( píng ) 原( yuán )
North China Plain
華( huá ) 北( běi ) 平( píng ) 原( yuán )
North China Plain
华( huá ) 北( běi ) 事( shì ) 变( biàn )
North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China
華( huá ) 北( běi ) 事( shì ) 變( biàn )
North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China
哗( huá ) 变( biàn )
mutiny
嘩( huá ) 變( biàn )
mutiny
华( huá ) 表( biǎo )
marble pillar
華( huá ) 表( biǎo )
marble pillar
滑( huá ) 冰( bīng )
to skate
华( huá ) 埠( bù )
Chinatown
華( huá ) 埠( bù )
Chinatown
滑( huá ) 步( bù ) 机( jī )
elliptical trainer
滑( huá ) 步( bù ) 機( jī )
elliptical trainer
划( huá ) 不( bu ) 來( lái )
not worth it
划( huá ) 不( bu ) 来( lái )
not worth it
华( huá ) 彩( cǎi )
gorgeous
華( huá ) 彩( cǎi )
gorgeous
滑( huá ) 車( chē )
pulley block
滑( huá ) 车( chē )
pulley block
华( huá ) 池( chí ) 县( xiàn )
Huachi, a county in Qingyang City 庆阳市 qìngyángshì, Gansu
華( huá ) 池( chí ) 縣( xiàn )
Huachi, a county in Qingyang City 庆阳市 qìngyángshì, Gansu
滑( huá ) 出( chū )
to slip out
划( huá ) 船( chuán )
to row a boat
划( huá ) 船( chuán ) 机( jī )
rowing machine
划( huá ) 船( chuán ) 機( jī )
rowing machine
华( huá ) 达( dá ) 呢( ní )
gabardine
華( huá ) 達( dá ) 呢( ní )
gabardine
华( huá ) 诞( dàn )
birthday
滑( huá ) 蛋( dàn )
soft-scrambled egg
華( huá ) 誕( dàn )
birthday
滑( huá ) 倒( dǎo )
to slip and fall
划( huá ) 得( de ) 來( lái )
worth it
划( huá ) 得( de ) 来( lái )
worth it
华( huá ) 灯( dēng )
decorated lantern
華( huá ) 燈( dēng )
decorated lantern
华( huá ) 灯( dēng ) 初( chū ) 上( shàng )
early evening when lanterns are first lit
華( huá ) 燈( dēng ) 初( chū ) 上( shàng )
early evening when lanterns are first lit
华( huá ) 东( dōng )
East China
華( huá ) 東( dōng )
East China
华( huá ) 东( dōng ) 理( lǐ ) 工( gōng ) 大( dà ) 学( xué )
East China University of Science and Technology
華( huá ) 東( dōng ) 理( lǐ ) 工( gōng ) 大( dà ) 學( xué )
East China University of Science and Technology
华( huá ) 东( dōng ) 师( shī ) 大( dà )
East China Normal University
華( huá ) 東( dōng ) 師( shī ) 大( dà )
East China Normal University
华( huá ) 东( dōng ) 师( shī ) 范( fàn ) 大( dà ) 学( xué )
East China Normal University
華( huá ) 東( dōng ) 師( shī ) 範( fàn ) 大( dà ) 學( xué )
East China Normal University
滑( huá ) 动( dòng )
to slide
滑( huá ) 動( dòng )
to slide
华( huá ) 而( ér ) 不( bù ) 实( shí )
flower but no fruit
華( huá ) 而( ér ) 不( bù ) 實( shí )
flower but no fruit
华( huá ) 尔( ěr ) 街( jiē )
Wall Street, New York
華( huá ) 爾( ěr ) 街( jiē )
Wall Street, New York
华( huá ) 尔( ěr ) 街( jiē ) 日( rì ) 报( bào )
Wall Street Journal
華( huá ) 爾( ěr ) 街( jiē ) 日( rì ) 報( bào )
Wall Street Journal
华( huá ) 尔( ěr ) 兹( zī )
waltz
华( huá ) 尔( ěr ) 滋( zī )
(loanword) waltz
華( huá ) 爾( ěr ) 滋( zī )
(loanword) waltz
華( huá ) 爾( ěr ) 茲( zī )
waltz
华( huá ) 法( fǎ ) 林( lín )
warfarin
華( huá ) 法( fǎ ) 林( lín )
warfarin
华( huá ) 发( fà )
gray hair
華( huá ) 髮( fà )
gray hair
华( huá ) 夫( fū )
waffle
華( huá ) 夫( fū )
waffle
华( huá ) 府( fǔ )
Washington, D.C.
華( huá ) 府( fǔ )
Washington, D.C.
华( huá ) 盖( gài )
imperial canopy
華( huá ) 蓋( gài )
imperial canopy
滑( huá ) 盖( gài ) 手( shǒu ) 机( jī )
slider phone
滑( huá ) 蓋( gài ) 手( shǒu ) 機( jī )
slider phone
滑( huá ) 竿( gān )
a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles
华( huá ) 毂( gǔ )
decorated carriage
華( huá ) 轂( gǔ )
decorated carriage
华( huá ) 贵( guì )
sumptuous
滑( huá ) 跪( guì )
to knee slide after scoring a goal
華( huá ) 貴( guì )
sumptuous
划( huá ) 过( guò )
to streak across
劃( huá ) 過( guò )
to streak across
滑( huá ) 旱( hàn ) 冰( bīng )
blading
华( huá ) 航( háng )
China Airlines
華( huá ) 航( háng )
China Airlines
划( huá ) 痕( hén )
a scratch
劃( huá ) 痕( hén )
a scratch
滑( huá ) 环( huán )
slip ring
滑( huá ) 環( huán )
slip ring
滑( huá ) 稽( jī )
comical
划( huá ) 桨( jiǎng )
to paddle
划( huá ) 槳( jiǎng )
to paddle
华( huá ) 教( jiào )
Chinese language education
華( huá ) 教( jiào )
Chinese language education
滑( huá ) 块( kuài )
runner block
滑( huá ) 塊( kuài )
runner block