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

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囟xìn

top of the head; skull; fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)

6 strokes/囗
孪luán

twins

9 strokes/子
暧ài

obscure, dim; ambiguous, vague; (of daylight) dim; obscure; clandestine; dubious

14 strokes/日
氚chuān

tritium; (chemistry) tritium

7 strokes/气
涿zhuō

to trickle, to dribble, to drip; used in place names

11 strokes/氵
溆xù

a river in Hunan; name of a river

12 strokes/氵
潢huáng

pond, lake; dye paper; lake; pond; mount scroll

14 strokes/氵
煦xù

kind, gentle, gracious; balmy; nicely warm; cozy; Taiwan pr. [xu3]

13 strokes/灬
睑jiǎn

eyelid

12 strokes/目
瞟piǎo

to squint, to glare, to look askance; to cast a glance

16 strokes/目
矽xì

silicon; (Tw) silicon (chemistry); Taiwan pr. [xi4]

8 strokes/石
硗qiāo

barren land; sandy soil; stony soil

11 strokes/石
蘼mí

millet

22 strokes/艹
阂hé

separated, blocked; to prevent, to block; obstruct

9 strokes/门
陋lòu

coarse, crude; narrow; ugly; low; humble; plain; mean; vulgar

8 strokes/阝
鲩huàn

carp; grass carp

15 strokes/鱼
鳀tí

anchovy

17 strokes/鱼
俎zǔ

chopping board or block; painted; a stand for food at sacrifice

9 strokes/人
咿yī

a creaking sound; to laugh; variant of 咿[yi1]; (onom.) to squeak

9 strokes/口
孢bāo

spore

8 strokes/子
崾yǎo

a place name in Shanxi province; (used in place names)

12 strokes/山
廨xiè

office; (bound form) government office

16 strokes/广
彗huì

comet; broomstick; broom

11 strokes/彐
徊huái

to linger, to pace; irresolute; used in 徘徊[pai2 huai2]

9 strokes/彳
漱shù

to gargle, to rinse; to wash, to scour; to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle; varia…

14 strokes/氵
猇xiāo

a tiger's roar; to intimidate; to scare; the scream or roar of a tiger

11 strokes/犭
砩fú

to build a dam with rocks; dam up water with rocks; name of a stone

10 strokes/石
磔zhé

to dismember, to tear apart; old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…

15 strokes/石
笏hù

a tablet held by an overseer; (old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)

10 strokes/⺮
簪zān

hairpin, clasp; to wear in the hair; hairpin; old variant of 簪[zan1]

18 strokes/⺮
纛dào

banner, streamer; big banner; feather banner or fan

25 strokes/糸
缎duàn

satin

12 strokes/纟
脲niào

urea; carbamide; urea (NH2)2CO; also written 尿素

11 strokes/⺼
苴jū

hemp; sack-cloth; surname Ju; (hemp); sack cloth

8 strokes/艹
葭jiā

bulrush, reed; flute, whistle; (literary) the young shoot of a reed

12 strokes/艹
蚵hé

oyster; (Tw) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô])

11 strokes/虫
诟gòu

to abuse, to scold; to berate, to insult; disgrace; to revile

8 strokes/讠
诣yì

to reach; achievement, accomplishment; to go (to visit a superior); one's current attainm…

8 strokes/讠
诿wěi

to shirk, to pass the buck, to make excuses; to shirk; to give excuses

10 strokes/讠
辗niǎn

to roll over; to turn on a side; variant of 碾[nian3]; used in 輾轉|辗转[zhan3 zhuan3]

14 strokes/车
闼tà

door, gate; the door to an inner room; door of an inner room

9 strokes/门
鬃zōng

mane; neck bristles; variant of 鬃[zong1]; bristles; horse's mane; disheveled hair

18 strokes/髟
佰bǎi

hundred; hundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

8 strokes/亻
啬sè

miserly, stingy, thrifty; stingy

11 strokes/十
喳zhā

to whisper; used in 喳喳[cha1 cha1] and 喳喳[cha1 cha5]; (onom.) chirp, twitter, etc

12 strokes/口
嘁qī

ashamed; grieving; onomatopoetic; whispering sound

14 strokes/口
埴zhí

soil with high clay content; soil with large clay content

11 strokes/土
寤wù

few, scarce; empty, deserted; to awake from sleep

14 strokes/宀
岷mín

the Min mountains; the Min river; name of a river in Sichuan

8 strokes/山
攫jué

to snatch, to sieze, to rob; to seize; to snatch; to grab

23 strokes/扌
榇chèn

coffin; tung tree; Sterculia plantanifolia

13 strokes/木
槿jǐn

hibiscus; Hibiscus syriacus; transient

15 strokes/木
殡bìn

funeral; to enbalm, to inter; a funeral; to encoffin a corpse; to carry to burial

14 strokes/歹
獒áo

smastiff, large fierce dog; (bound form) mastiff

14 strokes/犬
瞽gǔ

blind, stupid; a blind musician; blind; undiscerning

18 strokes/目
缯zēng

silk; to tie, to bind; surname; surname Zeng; silk fabrics; to tie; to bind

15 strokes/纟
荟huì

abundant, flourishing; to flourish; luxuriant growth

9 strokes/艹
蛱jiá

butterfly, nymphalid; see 蛺蝶|蛱蝶[jia2 die2]

12 strokes/虫
裳shang

skirt, petticoat; beautiful; lower garment; skirts; petticoats; garments; used in 衣裳[yi1…

14 strokes/衣
赍jī

gift, present; offering; variant of 齎|赍[ji1]; (literary) to harbor (a feeling); (literary…

12 strokes/贝
郾yǎn

a county in Henan province; used in 郾城[Yan3 cheng2] (the name of a place in Henan)

11 strokes/阝
鏊ào

a flat iron cooking-plate for cakes; griddle; tava

18 strokes/金
髋kuān

hip, pelvis; pelvis; pelvic

19 strokes/骨
鲻zī

mullet

16 strokes/鱼
鸲qú

mynah; Erithacus species (various); (bound form, used in the names of various kinds of bi…

10 strokes/鸟
鹛méi

cormorant; babbler (bird)

14 strokes/鸟
鹱hù

waterfowl; (bound form) bird of the Procellariidae family, which includes shearwaters, ga…

18 strokes/鸟
亶dǎn

real, sincere, true; truth; surname Dan; sincere

13 strokes/亠
埂gěng

ditch (for irrigation); hole; strip of high ground; low earth dyke separating fields

10 strokes/土
姥lǎo

maternal grandmother; midwife; grandma (maternal); governess; old woman

9 strokes/女
嵊shèng

a district in Zhejiang; used in 嵊泗[Sheng4 si4] (the name of a place in Zhejiang); used in…

13 strokes/山
怔zhēng

frightened, startled, terrified; (bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken; (diale…

8 strokes/忄
扉fēi

door panel; door with only one leaf

12 strokes/户
搡sǎng

to push over; to push back; to push forcefully; to shove

13 strokes/扌
桀jié

chicken roost; ancient emperor; (emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel

10 strokes/木
槊shuò

spear, lance; long lance

14 strokes/木
滂pāng

torrential; voluminous; rushing (water)

13 strokes/氵
爻yáo

diagrams for divination; the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e…

4 strokes/爻
珑lóng

the tinkling of jewelry; tinkling of gem-pendants

9 strokes/王
畲shē

a field reclaimed by burning the forest; She ethnic group

12 strokes/田
痲má

pock-marked; measles; leprosy; used in 痲痺|痲痹[ma2 bi4]; used in 痲風|痲风[ma2 feng1]; used in…

13 strokes/疒
箔bó

screen, foil, plaited matting; silkworm basket; plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc);…

14 strokes/⺮
籴dí

to purchase grain; to store grain; to buy up (grain)

8 strokes/米
絮xù

cotton padding; fluff, padding, waste; long-winded; cotton wadding; fig. padding

12 strokes/糸
纶lún

silk thread; to twist together; to classify; to twist silk

7 strokes/纟
缮shàn

to repair, to mend; to transcribe, to rewrite; to repair; to mend; to rewrite; to transcr…

15 strokes/纟
膈gé

diaphragm; (anatomy) diaphragm; used in 膈應|膈应[ge4 ying5]

14 strokes/⺼
莼chún

an edible water plant; Brasenia; variant of 蓴|莼[chun2]; used in 蓴菜|莼菜[chun2 cai4]

10 strokes/艹
薅hāo

to weed; to eradicate; to grip or clutch

16 strokes/艹
蛏chēng

razor clam; mussel; Solecurtus constricta

11 strokes/虫
蜇zhē

jellyfish; to sting

13 strokes/虫
赀zī

wealth, property; to estimate, to count; to estimate; to fine (archaic); variant of 資|资[z…

10 strokes/贝
邛qióng

mound; in distress; place name

5 strokes/阝
酎zhòu

double-fermented wine, vintage wine; strong wine

10 strokes/酉
霆tíng

a sudden peal of thunder; clap of thunder

14 strokes/雨
馑jǐn

a time of famine or crop failure; time of famine or crop failure

14 strokes/饣
鲢lián

silver carp, hypophthalmiathys; Hypophthalmichthys moritrix

15 strokes/鱼
俦chóu

companion, mate, colleague; comrades; friends; companions

9 strokes/亻
冼xiǎn

surname; surname Xian

8 strokes/冫
匕bǐ

spoon, ladle; knife, dirk; dagger; ladle; ancient type of spoon

2 strokes/匕
叕zhuó

to connect; to join together; to lack; narrow and shallow

8 strokes/又
喧xuān

lively, noisy; to clamor, to talk loudly; clamor; noise; variant of 喧[xuan1]; old variant…

12 strokes/口
埕chéng

a large, pear-shaped earthenware jar; earthen jar

10 strokes/土
徇xùn

to follow, to comply with; to display; to give in to; to be swayed by (personal considera…

9 strokes/彳
旌jīng

to signal; a flag adorned with feathers; banner; make manifest

11 strokes/方
浐chǎn

a river in Shaanxi province; name of a river in Shaanxi province; see 滻河|浐河[Chan3 He2]

9 strokes/氵
猥wěi

vulgar, low; wanton, obscene; humble; rustic; plentiful

12 strokes/犭
痪huàn

numbness, paralysis; used in 癱瘓|瘫痪[tan1 huan4]

12 strokes/疒
瞋chēn

to glare; (literary) to stare angrily; to glare

15 strokes/目
笞chī

bamboo rod used for beatings; to whip with bamboo strips

11 strokes/⺮
笱gǒu

a basket trap for fish; basket for trapping fish

11 strokes/⺮
糜mí

rice gruel, congee; mashed; surname Mi; rice gruel; rotten; to waste (money); millet

17 strokes/米
肪fáng

animal fat

8 strokes/⺼
芨jī

Chinese elder tree; Bletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous); Acronym for the Chinese Elder tr…

6 strokes/艹
苈lì

magnolia; Drabanemerosa hebecarpa

7 strokes/艹
蓑suō

straw raincoat; variant of 蓑[suo1]; rain coat made of straw etc

13 strokes/艹
蛀zhù

termite, bookworm; to bore, to eat into; termite; to bore (of insects)

11 strokes/虫
蜕tuì

to molt; skin cast off during molting; exuvia; to pupate; to slough; to cast off an old s…

13 strokes/虫
觳hú

goblet, horn; frightened; ancient measuring vessel (same as 斛)

17 strokes/角
詈lì

to curse, to scold; to accuse; to curse; to scold

12 strokes/言

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