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

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敢gǎn

bold, brave; to dare, to venture; to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture

11 strokes/攵
牛niú

ox, cow, bull; surname Niu; ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|…

4 strokes/牛
跳tiào

to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance; to jump; to hop; to skip over; to…

13 strokes/足
馆guǎn

public building; shop, house, establishment; variant of 館|馆[guan3]; building; shop; term…

11 strokes/饣
啥shà

what?; dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]; also pr. [sha4]

11 strokes/口
实shí

real, true; honest, sincere; real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely

8 strokes/宀
局jú

bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation; narrow; office; situation; classifier for…

7 strokes/尸
店diàn

shop, store; inn, hotel; inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store

8 strokes/广
忘wàng

to forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook; to forget; to overlook; to neglect

7 strokes/心
照zhào

to shine, to reflect, to illuminate; variant of 照[zhao4]; to shine; to illuminate; accord…

13 strokes/灬
球qiú

ball, globe, sphere; round; ball used for playing games (variant of 球[qiu2]); ball; spher…

11 strokes/王
调diào

tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange; to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to…

10 strokes/讠
义yì

right conduct, propriety; justice; surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4]…

3 strokes/丿
儿ér

son, child; child; son; non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final

2 strokes/儿
座zuò

seat; stand, base; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a re…

10 strokes/广
楼lóu

multi-story building; floor; surname Lou; house with more than 1 story; storied building;…

13 strokes/木
率lǜ

to command, to lead; rate, ratio, proportion; (bound form) ratio; rate; proportion; to le…

11 strokes/玄
篇piān

chapter, section; article, essay; sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used…

15 strokes/⺮
视shì

to look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard; variant of 視|视[shi4]; variant of 示[shi4];…

8 strokes/见
象xiàng

elephant; ivory; figure, image; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate

11 strokes/豕
赚zhuàn

to earn, to profit, to make money; to earn; to make a profit; to cheat; to swindle

14 strokes/贝
通tōng

to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common; to go through; to know well…

10 strokes/辶
七qī

seven; 7

2 strokes/一
声shēng

sound, noise; voice, tone, music; sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for s…

7 strokes/士
肉ròu

meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irres…

6 strokes/肉
轮lún

wheel; to turn, to revolve; to recur; wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rot…

8 strokes/车
鱼yú

fish; surname Yu; fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic anim…

8 strokes/鱼
室shì

house, home; room, chamber; surname Shi; room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan…

9 strokes/宀
府fǔ

prefect; prefecture, government; seat of government; government repository (archive); off…

8 strokes/广
弄nòng

to do; to mock, to tease; to play with; lane; alley; variant of 弄[long4]; to manage; to h…

7 strokes/廾
意yì

thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention; (bound form) idea; thought; mea…

13 strokes/心
抢qiǎng

urgent, rushed; to rob, to plunder; (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head…

7 strokes/扌
物wù

thing, substance, matter; creature; (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as d…

8 strokes/牛
留liú

to stay, to remain; to preserve, to keep; to leave a message; old variant of 留[liu2]; to…

10 strokes/田
知zhī

to know, to perceive, to comprehend; to know; to be aware

8 strokes/矢
罪zuì

sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime; guilt; fault; blame; sin; variant of 罪[zui4], crime

13 strokes/罒
股gǔ

share, portion; thighs, haunches, rump; thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (financ…

8 strokes/⺼
费fèi

expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful; surname Fei; to cost; to spend; fee; expenses

9 strokes/贝
布bù

cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread; variant of 布[bu4]; to announ…

5 strokes/巾
情qíng

emotion, feeling, sentiment; (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound f…

11 strokes/忄
替tì

to change, to replace, to substitute for; to substitute for; to take the place of; to rep…

12 strokes/曰
林lín

forest, grove; surname; surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi; (bound form) woods; forest…

8 strokes/木
英yīng

petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English; United Kingdom; British; England; abbr. for…

8 strokes/艹
骂mà

to accuse, to blame, to curse, to scold; to scold; to abuse; to curse; CL:通[tong4],頓|顿[du…

9 strokes/口
业yè

business, profession; to study, to work; surname Ye; line of business; industry; occupati…

5 strokes/一
乐lè

cheerful, happy, laughing; music; surname Le; happy; cheerful; to laugh; surname Yue; use…

5 strokes/丿
厅tīng

hall, central room; (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government departme…

4 strokes/厂
平píng

flat, level, even; peaceful; surname Ping; flat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; e…

5 strokes/广
愿yuàn

desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing; honest and prudent; variant of 願|愿[yuan4]…

14 strokes/心
歌gē

song, lyrics; to sing, to chant; song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing; varian…

14 strokes/欠
猜cāi

to guess, to conjecture, to suppose; to feel; to guess

11 strokes/犭
船chuán

ship, boat, vessel; variant of 船[chuan2]; boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[z…

11 strokes/舟
边biān

border, edge, margin, side; side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneo…

5 strokes/辶
鬼guǐ

ghost; demon; sly, mischievous; disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a…

9 strokes/鬼
丢diū

to lose; to discard; to put aside; to throw

6 strokes/一
九jiǔ

nine; 9

2 strokes/乙
感gǎn

to affect, to move, to touch; to perceive, to sense; to feel; to move; to touch; to affec…

13 strokes/心
猪zhū

pig, hog, wild boar; hog; pig; swine; CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]

11 strokes/犭
血xuè

blood; blood (CL:滴[di1]); colloquial pr. [xie3] or [xue3]

6 strokes/血
酒jiǔ

wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol; wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverag…

10 strokes/酉
命mìng

life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction; fate; order or command; to assign a nam…

8 strokes/口
房fáng

building, house, room; surname Fang; house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended fa…

8 strokes/户
破pò

to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy; broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to brea…

10 strokes/石
票piào

bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held f…

11 strokes/示
色sè

color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex; color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; (col…

6 strokes/色
藏cáng

to conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store; Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (s…

17 strokes/艹
输shū

to carry, to haul, to transport; to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (liter…

13 strokes/车
韩hán

Korea, especially South Korea; surname; Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring…

12 strokes/韦
具jù

tool, implement; to draw up, to write; tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; tale…

8 strokes/八
基jī

foundation, base; (bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound…

11 strokes/土
气qì

air, gas; steam, vapor; anger; gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get…

4 strokes/气
满mǎn

to fill; full, packed; satisfied; Manchu ethnic group; full; filled; packed; fully; compl…

13 strokes/氵
编biān

to knit, to weave; to arrange, to compile; to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to…

12 strokes/纟
轻qīng

light, gentle; simple, easy; light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous;…

9 strokes/车
首shǒu

chief, head, leader; head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, song…

9 strokes/首
十shí

ten, tenth; complete; perfect; ten; 10

2 strokes/十
器qì

device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel; device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]

16 strokes/口
圈quān

circle, ring, loop; to encircle; to confine; to lock up; to pen in; livestock enclosure;…

11 strokes/囗
归guī

to return, to go back; to return to, to revert; surname Gui; to return; to go back to; to…

5 strokes/彐
怪guài

unusual, strange, peculiar; odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural bei…

8 strokes/忄
抱bào

to embrace, to hold in one's arms; to enfold; to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug;…

8 strokes/扌
晚wǎn

night, evening; late; evening; night

11 strokes/日
款kuǎn

funds, payment; item, article; section; paragraph; funds; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]; classifie…

12 strokes/欠
河hé

river, stream; the Yellow river; river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]); (bound form) the Yellow R…

8 strokes/氵
草cǎo

grass, herbs; straw, thatch; variant of 草[cao3]; grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a do…

9 strokes/艹
亲qīn

relatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree; parent; one's own (flesh and blood); rel…

9 strokes/立
八bā

eight; all around, all sides

2 strokes/八
吨dūn

a metric ton; ton (loanword); Taiwan pr. [dun4]

7 strokes/口
朝cháo

to face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning; abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea; imperial o…

12 strokes/月
棒bàng

stick, club; strong, smart; to hit; stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful

12 strokes/木
猫māo

cat; cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem; used in 貓腰|…

11 strokes/犭
试shì

to try, to experiment; exam, test; to test; to try; experiment; examination; test

8 strokes/讠
课kè

subject, lesson, course; classwork; subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[ta…

10 strokes/讠
身shēn

body, torso; person; pregnancy; body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and condu…

7 strokes/身
公gōng

fair, equitable; public; duke; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas,…

4 strokes/八
戴dài

to support; to respect; to put on, to wear; surname; surname Dai; to put on or wear (glas…

17 strokes/戈
托tuō

to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on; to hold up in one's hand; to support with o…

6 strokes/扌
腿tuǐ

legs, thighs; leg; CL:條|条[tiao2]; hip bone; old variant of 腿[tui3]

13 strokes/⺼
苏sū

to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations; used in 嚕囌|噜苏[lu1 su1]; var…

7 strokes/艹
药yào

drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant; leaf of the iris; variant of 藥|…

9 strokes/艹
辖xiá

to control, to have jurisdiction; the linchpin of a wheel; linchpin (pin securing a wheel…

14 strokes/车
题tí

forehead; headline, title; theme; surname Ti; topic; problem for discussion; exam questio…

15 strokes/页
哈hā

the sound of laughter; abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦[Ha1 sa4 ke4 si1 tan3], Kazakhstan; abbr. for…

9 strokes/口
圣shèng

holy, sacred; sage, saint; (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild…

5 strokes/土
射shè

to shoot, to eject, to emit; old variant of 射[she4]; to shoot; to launch; to allude to; r…

10 strokes/寸
户hù

door; family; a household

4 strokes/户
欲yù

desire, want, longing, intent; desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed; to wish for; to de…

11 strokes/欠
流liú

to flow, to drift, to circulate; class; to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread;…

10 strokes/氵
虽suī

although, even though; although; even though

9 strokes/虫
诗shī

poetry; poem, verse, ode; abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs; poem; C…

8 strokes/讠
铁tiě

iron; strong, solid, firm; surname Tie; iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violen…

10 strokes/钅
陪péi

to accompany, to be with, to keep company; to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; o…

10 strokes/阝
鸟niǎo

bird; variant of 屌[diao3]; penis; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese charact…

5 strokes/鸟
代dài

era, generation; to substitute for, to replace; to be a substitute for; to act on behalf…

5 strokes/亻
停tíng

to suspend, to halt, to delay; suitable; to stop; to halt; to park (a car)

11 strokes/亻
利lì

gains, advantage, profit, merit; surname Li; sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit…

7 strokes/刂
华huá

flowery; illustrious; Chinese; abbr. for China; magnificent; splendid; Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hu…

6 strokes/十
古gǔ

old, classic, ancient; surname Gu; ancient; old; paleo-

5 strokes/口
巴bā

to desire, to wish for; Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and…

4 strokes/巳
族zú

race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan; race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extensi…

11 strokes/方

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