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4,809 characters (browsable) · 20,266 words (published)

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轭è

yoke, restraint, collar; yoke

8 strokes/车
铳chòng

ancient weapon; blunderbuss; ancient firearm; gun

11 strokes/钅
鳝shàn

eel; variant of 鱔|鳝[shan4]; Chinese yellow eel

20 strokes/鱼
凳dèng

bench; stool; variant of 凳[deng4]

14 strokes/几
嗟jiē

sigh, alas; sigh; also pr. [jue1]

12 strokes/口
婕jié

handsome; used in 婕妤[jie2 yu2]

11 strokes/女
帜zhì

flag, pennant, sign; to fasten; flag

8 strokes/巾
庐lú

hut, cottage; the name of a mountain; surname Lu; Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 廬州|庐州[Lu2 Zhou1…

7 strokes/广
怖bù

frightened, terrified; terror; terrified; afraid; frightened

8 strokes/忄
恳kěn

sincere, earnest, cordial; earnest

10 strokes/心
憾hàn

regret, remorse; regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)

16 strokes/忄
槐huái

locust tree; Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree

13 strokes/木
橇qiāo

a sledge for transportation; sled; sleigh

16 strokes/木
毋wú

not; do not; surname; surname Wu; (literary) no; don't; to not have; nobody

4 strokes/毋
濮pú

a county in Henan province; name of a river; surname Pu

17 strokes/氵
笆bā

bamboo fence; an article made of bamboo strips; fence

10 strokes/⺮
糙cāo

coarse, harsh, rough; coarse rice; rough; coarse (in texture)

16 strokes/米
缉jī

to sieze, to arrest; to stich closely; to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. [qi4]; to stitch f…

12 strokes/纟
脓nóng

pus

10 strokes/⺼
苌cháng

Averrhora carambola; surname; surname Chang; plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainl…

7 strokes/艹
蚩chī

worm; ignorant, rustic; to laugh at; surname Chi; ignorant

10 strokes/虫
螯áo

claws, pincers; chela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)

16 strokes/虫
谌chén

faithful, sincere; surname; surname Chen; faithful; sincere

11 strokes/讠
酢cù

a toast to the host; variant of 醋[cu4]; toast to host by guest

12 strokes/酉
酰xiān

acylate; acid radical; -acyl (chemistry)

13 strokes/酉
铉xuàn

a device for carrying a tripod; stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripo…

10 strokes/钅
锶sī

strontium; strontium (chemistry)

14 strokes/钅
骋chěng

to gallop, to hasten, to hurry; to hasten; to run; to open up; to gallop

10 strokes/马
鲷diāo

porgy; Pagrosomus major; pagrus major

16 strokes/鱼
亟jí

urgently, immediately, extremely; (literary) urgently; anxiously; earnestly; repeatedly;…

8 strokes/二
圃pǔ

garden, orchard, plot of farmland; garden; orchard

10 strokes/囗
娲wā

a goddess, the mythological sister and successor to Fuxi; surname Wa; sister of legendary…

10 strokes/女
彧yù

cultured, refined; polished; accomplished; elegant

10 strokes/彡
懋mào

grand, majestic, splendid; to be hardworking; luxuriant; splendid

17 strokes/心
揖yī

to bow, to salute; to defer, to yield; to greet by raising clasped hands

12 strokes/扌
昊hào

summertime; sky, heaven; surname Hao; vast and limitless; the vast sky

8 strokes/日
晖huī

sunshine; light; bright, radiant; to shine upon; variant of 輝|辉[hui1]

10 strokes/日
晤wù

to meet; to interview with; to meet (socially)

11 strokes/日
泷lóng

raining; wet, soaked; rapids; a river in Guangdong; Shuang river in Hunan and Guangdong (…

8 strokes/氵
煨wēi

to simmer, to stew; to simmer; to roast in ashes

13 strokes/火
狡jiǎo

cunning, deceitful, treacherous; crafty; cunning; sly

9 strokes/犭
畑tián

dry field (as opposed to a paddy); used in Japanese names; used in Japanese names with ph…

9 strokes/火
窍qiào

hole, opening, aperture; hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the s…

10 strokes/穴
笈jí

bamboo box used carry books; trunks (for books)

9 strokes/⺮
薮sǒu

swamp, marsh; wild country; marsh; gathering place

16 strokes/艹
谬miù

absurd; error, exaggeration; (bound form) false; erroneous; absurd; mu (Greek letter Μ, μ)

13 strokes/讠
酣hān

to enjoy liquor; intoxicated

12 strokes/酉
鹘gǔ

a kind of pigeon; treron permagna; used in 鶻鵃|鹘鸼[gu3 zhou1]; falcon; migratory bird

14 strokes/鸟
呲cī

to grimace; to bare one's teeth; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; variant of 齜|龇[zi1]

9 strokes/口
咎jiù

fault, defect; error, mistake; fault; to blame; to punish; calamity; misfortune

8 strokes/口
唠láo

to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk; used in 嘮叨|唠叨[lao2 dao5]; to gossip; to chat (dialec…

10 strokes/口
嗤chī

to laugh at, to ridicule, to sneer at; to snort; laugh at; jeer; scoff at; sneer at

13 strokes/口
嗲diǎ

childish, coquettish, coy; inviting; "daddy"; coy; childish

13 strokes/口
嘈cáo

bustling, noisy; bustling; tumultuous; noisy

14 strokes/口
嫉jí

jealous, envious; jealousy; to be jealous of

13 strokes/女
弛chí

to loosen, to relax; to unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax; to loosen

6 strokes/弓
恼nǎo

angry, wrathful; to get angry

9 strokes/忄
氛fēn

air; atmosphere; miasma; vapor

8 strokes/气
氩yà

argon; argon (chemistry)

10 strokes/气
浚jùn

to dredge; to dredge (a river); variant of 浚[jun4]; used in 浚縣|浚县[Xun4 Xian4] (the name o…

10 strokes/氵
涞lái

ripple; brook; a river in Hebei province

10 strokes/氵
犊dú

calf; sacrificial lamb; sacrificial victim

12 strokes/牛
璞pú

unpolished gem

16 strokes/王
疫yì

epidemic, plague, pestilence; (bound form) epidemic; plague

9 strokes/疒
胧lóng

blurry, obscured; the condition or appearance of the moon; used in 朦朧|朦胧[meng2 long2]

9 strokes/月
胫jìng

calf, shinbone; lower part of leg; variant of 脛|胫[jing4]

9 strokes/⺼
茉mò

white jasmine; used in 茉莉[mo4 li4]

8 strokes/艹
蓼liǎo

knotweed, polygonum; polygonum; smartweed; luxuriant growth

14 strokes/艹
薯shǔ

yam, tuber, potato; potato; yam; variant of 薯[shu3]

16 strokes/艹
褚chǔ

bag, valise; to pad, to stuff; surname; surname Chu; padding (in garment); to store up; p…

13 strokes/衤
颅lú

skull; forehead

11 strokes/页
龈kěn

gums; variant of 啃[ken3]; gums (of the teeth)

14 strokes/齿
俭jiǎn

temperate, frugal, economical; (bound form) frugal; thrifty

9 strokes/亻
呒fǔ

unclear; an expletive; perplexed; astonished; dialectal equivalent of 沒有|没有[mei2 you3]

7 strokes/口
咤zhà

to scold; to shout, to roar, to bellow; used in 叱咤[chi4 zha4]

9 strokes/口
嫣yān

captivating, charming, fascinating; (literary) lovely; sweet

14 strokes/女
峦luán

mountain range; tall pointed mountain; mountain ranges

9 strokes/山
擎qíng

to lift; to support, to hold up; to raise; to hold up; to lift up

16 strokes/手
杓biāo

wooden cup, ladle, or spoon; (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle; (literary) collective…

7 strokes/木
泗sì

mucus; to sniffle; a river in Shandong province; river in Shandong; nasal mucus

8 strokes/氵
璃lí

glass; colored glaze; (phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names); Taiw…

14 strokes/王
砚yàn

inkstone; ink-stone

9 strokes/石
稠chóu

crowded, dense; viscous, thick; dense; crowded; thick; many

13 strokes/禾
笺jiān

note, memo, letter; stationery; comments; variant of 箋|笺[jian1]; letter; note-paper

11 strokes/⺮
缆lǎn

cable, hawser, heavy-duty rope; cable; hawser; to moor

12 strokes/纟
臧zāng

good, right; generous; to command; surname Zang; good; right; old variant of 藏[zang4]; ol…

14 strokes/臣
艮gěn

blunt; tough, chewy; tough; chewy; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mo…

6 strokes/艮
褶zhě

wrinkle, pleat, crease; (arch.) court dress; pleat; crease; Taiwan pr. [zhe2]

16 strokes/衤
辇niǎn

hand-cart; to transport by carriage; (archaic) man-drawn carriage; an imperial carriage

12 strokes/车
隘ài

narrow, confined; a strategic pass; (bound form) narrow; (bound form) a defile; a narrow…

12 strokes/阝
堋péng

to bury; target in archery

11 strokes/土
怠dài

idle; negligent, remiss; to neglect; lazy; negligent; careless

9 strokes/心
榫sǔn

mortise and tenon; to fit into; (cabinetmaking) tenon

14 strokes/木
殉xùn

martyr; to die for a cause; to be buried with the dead

10 strokes/歹
殓liàn

to dress a corpse for burial; to prepare a dead body for coffin

11 strokes/歹
罴pí

brown bear, Ursus arctos; brown bear

14 strokes/罒
腮sāi

jaw; gills; cheek; variant of 腮[sai1]

13 strokes/⺼
艋měng

small boat; used in 舴艋[ze2 meng3]

14 strokes/舟
葆bǎo

dense foliage; to cover, to conceal; to preserve; to cover

12 strokes/艹
蔽bì

to cover, to hide, to shelter; to cover; to shield; to screen; to conceal

14 strokes/艹
蚤zǎo

flea; louse

9 strokes/虫
诬wū

to slander, to defame; a false accusation; to accuse falsely

9 strokes/讠
诹zōu

to consult, to confer with; to select, to choose; to choose; to consult

10 strokes/讠
邯hán

a district in Hebei province; used in 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1] (the name of a place in Hebei)

7 strokes/阝
铡zhá

a sickle used to cut grass or hay; lever-style guillotine; to chop using this type of gui…

11 strokes/钅
铱yī

iridium; iridium (chemistry)

11 strokes/钅
驷sì

a team of four horses; team of 4 horses

8 strokes/马
鸢yuān

kite; Milvus species (various); kite (small hawk)

8 strokes/鸟
刂dāo

knife; Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element, referred to as 立刀旁[li4 dao…

2 strokes/刂
吮shǔn

to suck, to sip, to lick; to suck

7 strokes/口
啖dàn

to feed; to eat; to chew, to bite; to entice; to taste; to entice (using bait); variant o…

11 strokes/口
嗦suo

to suck; used in 囉嗦|啰嗦[luo1 suo5]; used in 哆嗦[duo1 suo5]

13 strokes/口
峨é

lofty; the name of a mountain; name of a mountain; variant of 峨[e2]

10 strokes/山
崧sōng

tall mountain; lofty, eminent; variant of 嵩[song1]

11 strokes/山
挛luán

tangled, entwined; crooked; (bound form) (of muscles) to cramp; to spasm

10 strokes/手
曦xī

sunshine; early dawn; (literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)

20 strokes/日
榉jǔ

a type of elm tree; Zeikowa acuminata

13 strokes/木
漾yàng

to ripple, to undulate; to bob on the waves; to overflow; to ripple; used in place names;…

14 strokes/氵
癫diān

crazy, insane; madness, mania; mentally deranged; crazy

21 strokes/疒
硖xiá

a town in Hebei province; place name

11 strokes/石

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