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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 74 of 1851.
本( běn ) 人( rén ) I
本( běn ) 日( rì ) today
本( běn ) 色( sè ) inherent qualities
本( běn ) 色( sè ) 出( chū ) 演( yǎn ) to play a role that matches one's own character or personality
本( běn ) 身( shēn ) itself
本( běn ) 生( shēng ) 灯( dēng ) Bunsen burner
本( běn ) 生( shēng ) 燈( dēng ) Bunsen burner
本( běn ) 省( shěng ) 人( rén ) people of this province
本( běn ) 士( shì ) pence
本( běn ) 市( shì ) this city
本( běn ) 事( shi ) ability
本( běn ) 台( tái ) this radio station
本( běn ) 臺( tái ) this radio station
本( běn ) 題( tí ) the subject under discussion
本( běn ) 题( tí ) the subject under discussion
本( běn ) 体( tǐ ) main part
本( běn ) 體( tǐ ) main part
本( běn ) 体( tǐ ) 论( lùn ) ontology
本( běn ) 體( tǐ ) 論( lùn ) ontology
本( běn ) 田( tián ) Honda
苯( běn ) 酮( tóng ) 尿( niào ) 症( zhèng ) phenylketonuria
本( běn ) 土( tǔ ) one's native country
本( běn ) 土( tǔ ) 化( huà ) to localize
本( běn ) 土( tǔ ) 派( pài ) local faction
本( běn ) 位( wèi ) standard
本( běn ) 位( wèi ) 号( hào ) natural sign, ♮
本( běn ) 位( wèi ) 號( hào ) natural sign, ♮
本( běn ) 位( wèi ) 貨( huò ) 幣( bì ) local currency
本( běn ) 位( wèi ) 货( huò ) 币( bì ) local currency
本( běn ) 位( wèi ) 音( yīn ) natural note
本( běn ) 位( wèi ) 制( zhì ) monetary standard
本( běn ) 位( wèi ) 主( zhǔ ) 义( yì ) selfish departmentalism
本( běn ) 位( wèi ) 主( zhǔ ) 義( yì ) selfish departmentalism
本( běn ) 文( wén ) this text
本( běn ) 我( wǒ ) id
本( běn ) 息( xī ) principal and interest
本( běn ) 溪( xī ) 满( mǎn ) 族( zú ) 自( zì ) 治( zhì ) 县( xiàn ) Benxi Manchu Autonomous County, in Benxi City 本溪市 běnxīshì, Liaoning
本( běn ) 溪( xī ) 滿( mǎn ) 族( zú ) 自( zì ) 治( zhì ) 縣( xiàn ) Benxi Manchu Autonomous County, in Benxi City 本溪市 běnxīshì, Liaoning
本( běn ) 溪( xī ) 市( shì ) Benxi, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省 liáoníngshěng
本( běn ) 乡( xiāng ) home village
本( běn ) 鄉( xiāng ) home village
本( běn ) 相( xiàng ) original form
本( běn ) 小( xiǎo ) 利( lì ) 微( wēi ) to have very little capital and very modest profits
本( běn ) 星( xīng ) 期( qī ) this week
本( běn ) 性( xìng ) natural instincts
本( běn ) 性( xìng ) 难( nán ) 移( yí ) It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
本( běn ) 性( xìng ) 難( nán ) 移( yí ) It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
苯( běn ) 氧( yǎng ) 基( jī ) phenoxy
本( běn ) 业( yè ) business in which a company has traditionally engaged
本( běn ) 業( yè ) business in which a company has traditionally engaged
苯( běn ) 乙( yǐ ) 烯( xī ) styrene
本( běn ) 义( yì ) original meaning
本( běn ) 意( yì ) original idea
本( běn ) 義( yì ) original meaning
本( běn ) 益( yì ) 比( bǐ ) P⁄E ratio
本( běn ) 因( yīn ) 坊( fāng ) Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan
本( běn ) 因( yīn ) 坊( fāng ) 秀( xiù ) 策( cè ) Honinbo Shusaku (1829–1862), Japanese professional Go player, regarded as one of the greatest in the history of the game
本( běn ) 应( yīng ) should have
本( běn ) 應( yīng ) should have
本( běn ) 影( yǐng ) umbra
本( běn ) 源( yuán ) origin
本( běn ) 月( yuè ) this month
本( běn ) 着( zhe ) based on...
本( běn ) 著( zhe ) based on...
本( běn ) 真( zhēn ) true nature
本( běn ) 征( zhēng ) 向( xiàng ) 量( liàng ) eigenvector
本( běn ) 徵( zhēng ) 向( xiàng ) 量( liàng ) eigenvector
本( běn ) 征( zhēng ) 值( zhí ) eigenvalue
本( běn ) 徵( zhēng ) 值( zhí ) eigenvalue
本( běn ) 职( zhí ) one's job
本( běn ) 職( zhí ) one's job
本( běn ) 質( zhì ) essence
本( běn ) 质( zhì ) essence
本( běn ) 質( zhì ) 上( shàng ) essentially
本( běn ) 质( zhì ) 上( shàng ) essentially
本( běn ) 州( zhōu ) Honshū, the main island of Japan
本( běn ) 字( zì ) original form of a Chinese character
本( běn ) 子( zi ) book
本( běn ) 族( zú ) 語( yǔ ) native language
本( běn ) 族( zú ) 语( yǔ ) native language
本( běn ) 罪( zuì ) actual sin
本( běn ) 尊( zūn ) yidam
坋( bèn ) dust
奔( bèn ) to go to
笨( bèn ) stupid
笨( bèn ) 伯( bó ) fool
笨( bèn ) 蛋( dàn ) fool
笨( bèn ) 到( dào ) 家( jiā ) 了( le ) extremely stupid
笨( bèn ) 瓜( guā ) fool
笨( bèn ) 貨( huò ) idiot
笨( bèn ) 货( huò ) idiot
笨( bèn ) 雞( jī ) free-range chicken
笨( bèn ) 鸡( jī ) free-range chicken
坋( bèn ) 粒( lì ) silt particle
笨( bèn ) 鳥( niǎo ) 先( xiān ) 飛( fēi ) lit. the clumsy bird flies early
笨( bèn ) 鸟( niǎo ) 先( xiān ) 飞( fēi ) lit. the clumsy bird flies early
笨( bèn ) 人( rén ) fool
奔( bèn ) 三( sān ) to be pushing 30
笨( bèn ) 手( shǒu ) 笨( bèn ) 脚( jiǎo ) clumsy
笨( bèn ) 手( shǒu ) 笨( bèn ) 腳( jiǎo ) clumsy