9,574 character entries

Chinese stroke order dictionary

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1de

possessive particle

2le, liǎo

clear

3

I

4shì

to be

5zài

at, in, on

6

you

7

not

8yǒu

to have, to own, to possess

9

other, another

10zhè

this, these

11jiù

just, simply

12rén

person

13

this, that

14

harmony, peace

15shuō

to speak, to say

16yào

essential, necessary

17hǎo

good

18

one

19

also, too

20huì

to assemble, to meet

21dōu

all, each, entirely, whole

22duì

correct, right

23shàng

above, on top, superior

24dào

to go to, to arrive

25lái

to arrive, to come, to return

26hěn

very, quite, much

27hái

also, besides

28

to go away, to leave, to depart

29

she, her

30zhe

to make a move, to take action

31xiǎng

to believe, to wish for

32gěi

to give, to lend

33néng

can, may

34a

ah, exclamatory particle

35

that, that one, those

36

to grasp, to hold

37kàn

to look, to see

38zuò

to work, to make

39ràng

to allow, to permit, to yield

40bèi

bedding

41dàn

only

42wèi

to do, to act

43

emphatic final particle

44diǎn

dot, point, speck

45

to obtain, to get, to acquire

46guò

pass

47méi

not, none, gone

48

big

49xià

below, underneath

50cóng

from, by, since, whence, through

51zhōng

middle

52ér

and, and then, and yet

53

unit of distance equal to 0.5km

54zhēn

real, actual, true, genuine

55yòng

to use, to employ, to apply

56nián

year

57duō

much, many, multi-

58liǎng

two, both, pair, couple

59tiān

sky

60ma

final interrogative particle

61děng

rank, grade

62chū

to go out, to send out

63tài

very, too much

64zuì

most, extremely, exceedingly

65yòu

and, also, again, in addition

66zài

again, twice, re-

67

may, can, -able

68né, ne

wool

69zhī

only, merely, just

70

order, sequence

71xiǎo

small

72jiāng

the future, what will be

73zǒu

to walk, to run, to flee

74shì

affair, matter, business

75

it

76hòu

after

77shí

time, season

78gāi

should, ought to, must

79jiā

home

80gèng

more, further

81qián

in front, forward

82ài

to love

83de

earth, ground, soil

84cái

ability, talent, gift

85gēn

heel

86chī

to eat

87shuí

who? whom? whose? anyone?

88

and

89bìng

to combine, to annex

90xīn

new, recent, fresh, modern

91xiàng

picture, image, figure

92zhǎo

to search for, to look for, to find

93

to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike

94kuài

speedy, rapid, quick

95

to compare, liken

96dāng

appropriate, timely

97huà

talk, speech

98suǒ

place, location

99zhī

marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase

100yuè

moon

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This dictionary is organized as a connected learning system. Character pages teach the complete object; pinyin pages organize sound families; radical pages support dictionary lookup; component pages explain recurring meaning and pronunciation clues.

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Use the radical index when you can identify the dictionary radical, or the component index when you recognize a recurring visual part.

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A radical is the dictionary indexing part of a character. A component is any reusable visual part that may provide a meaning clue, a sound clue, or simply a recognition pattern.

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