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| # # Chinese Radical dictionaries | ||
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| I created 3 radical [Pleco](https://www.pleco.com/) dictionaries to help myself study Chinese characters, and now would like share with you. I hope you find them useful too. You'll need Pleco Flashcard add-on to be able to load these dictionaries. | ||
| I created 3 radical [Pleco](https://www.pleco.com/) dictionaries to help myself study Chinese characters, and now would like to share them with you. I hope you find them useful too. You'll need Pleco [Flashcard add-on](https://iphone.pleco.com/manual/30200/flash.html) to be able to load these dictionaries. | ||
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| 1. Chinese Radical Lookup (RAL) dictionary which allows you to find the Chinese characters from component radicals, if you know their names or shapes. You can search by choosing on screen or by searching the radical names: You can search by browsing graphically or keying in radical names | ||
| These can be used on any device such as Kindle, Boox, or Kobol and many dictionary app formats. Check the [Downloads](Downloads) section. | ||
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| 1. Chinese Radical Lookup (RAL) dictionary which allows you to find the Chinese characters from component radicals if you know their names or shapes. You can search by choosing on screen or by searching the radical names: You can search by browsing graphically or keying in radical names | ||
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| 2. Chinese Character Component Dictionary (CHAR) allows you to see the components that make up a Chinese character (of about 12,000 characters) | ||
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| 3. Radical Name Dictionary (RAN) which has information for all 214 Kangxi Chinese radicals and their variants (about 650 in total) | ||
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| See some images below. | ||
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| 1. Chinese Radical Lookup (RAL) | ||
| You see that `栓` character has 3 radicals `⽊⼈⽟` in it, right? | ||
| So you can type "mu ren yu" or "ren yu mu" to search for that little one. | ||
| ## 1. Chinese Radical Lookup (RAL) | ||
| You see that the `栓` character has 3 radicals `⽊⼈⽟` in it, right? So you can type "mu ren yu" or "ren yu mu" to search for that little one. | ||
| Another way is to go to the "homepage" marked by `偏旁` (piānpáng) headword and start browsing until you find that one character: `⽊` > `⽊⼈` > `⽊⼈⽟` and all characters which contain those three radicals. | ||
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| Weixin Image_20240109211631.jpg Weixin Image_20240109211635.jpg Weixin Image_20240109211638.jpg | ||
| <img src="/assets/img/RAL-1.jpg" alt="..." style="width: 30%;"/> <img src="/assets/img/RAL-2.jpg" alt="..." style="width: 30%;"/> <img src="/assets/img/RAL-3.jpg" alt="..." style="width: 30%;"/> | ||
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| My stats show that, with 5 or fewer radicals, you can reach 95% of all modern Chinese characters (96% for simplified characters). So searching for them using radicals is similar to using Roman alphabets. | ||
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| 2. Chinese Character Component Dictionary (CHAR) | ||
| <img src="/assets/img/RAL-Stats.png" alt="..." style="width: 30%;"/> | ||
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| ## 2. Chinese Character Component Dictionary (CHAR) | ||
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| This one breaks characters down into components for you to see, and maybe help you to remember them better. | ||
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| This dictionary also include mnemonics for ~4000 characters thank to Reinaert Albrecht wonderful data at https://rtega.be/chmn/ | ||
| This dictionary also includes mnemonics for ~4'000 characters thanks to Reinaert Albrecht wonderful data at [Remembering Chinese characters, hanzi or kanji](https://rtega.be/chmn/). | ||
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| <img src="/assets/img/CHAR-1.jpg" alt="..." style="width: 30%;"/> <img src="/assets/img/CHAR-2.jpg" alt="..." style="width: 30%;"/> <img src="/assets/img/CHAR-3.jpg" alt="..." style="width: 30%;"/> | ||
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| ## 3. Radical Name Dictionary (RAN) | ||
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| 3. Radical Name Dictionary (RAN) | ||
| This one lists all the common radicals you can find and lists useful information for you. | ||
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| This one lists all the common radicals you can find, and lists useful information for you. | ||
| <img src="/assets/img/RAN-1.jpg" alt="..." style="width: 30%;"/> <img src="/assets/img/RAN-2.jpg" alt="..." style="width: 30%;"/> | ||
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| ## Downloads | ||
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| Downloads | ||
| Only RAN dictionary is small enough to attach hereby. Others are at the Microsoft's GitHub download links below. | ||
| Chinese Radical Lookup (RAL) | ||
| Chinese Character Component Dictionary (CHAR) | ||
| Radical Name Dictionary (RAN) | ||
| All of them can be [downloaded here](https://github.com/catusf/tudien/releases/tag/V2.6). | ||
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| I look forward to your feedback and suggestions for improvements. Thanks |