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“If you know what a Chinese character looks like and you can write it, but you don’t know how to pronounce it this would be the tool you need. Just write the character in the writing area and it instantly recognizes the character you are looking for.

Write the character you are looking for in the field and click the desired character on the right side to put it in the textfield below. You can copy the character you have written by clicking the ‘Copy’ button or clear the field by clicking ‘Clear’.”

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• “Search by Chinese, Pinyin, or English.
• Search by handwriting recognition. Finding a Chinese character when you don’t already know its pronunciation has traditionally been a daunting process even for native Chinese speakers. With our handwritten Chinese recognition all you need to do is to draw the character using your mouse. As you do that, the possible matches are shown on the right. When the desired character appears, simply click on it. For best result, try to write the character using the correct stroke order.

Results

• Word Decomposition. Words are automatically decomposed into the component words and characters, a great way to remember new words and a unique feature of the Chinese language. View Sample.
• Related Words. Gain a better understanding of a word’s meaning and proper usage by seeing how it relates to other words. Quickly view commonly used words that share the same head word or tail word, view derived words and words that sound alike to Chinese learners. View Sample.
• Search from any page. Search a word from any web page using the context menu (right mouse button) or access the dictionary directly from the browser search field. See Free YellowBridge Dictionary Extensions for details.
• Extensive Integrated Database. Our database of over 180,000 words is seamlessly integrated with our database of over 20,000 characters. Our character dictionary provides details about individual characters, their etymology, stroke order, etc.”

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“About Dict.CN

This dictionary is provided to you free-of-charge by a group of Chinese students at Indiana University. The impetus for this online tool is our own experience of how important it is to have a dictionary to consult when first moving into an American environment. Since there originally were no available lexical tools for Chinese individuals living abroad, we decided to develop this tool. We have introduced and developed many functions during the course of this project, over a short period of time. We hope that you will find the dictionary convenient to use in your daily life.”

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this visual dictionary accepts the following input formats:

1. pinyin without tones (e.g. wo, ni, ren)
2. pinyin with tone numbers (e.g. lai2, zhong1, mei3)
3. Chinese characters