字典

zìdiǎn

Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.)

noun HSK 3.0 · Band 3

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

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典

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

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  • 词典cídiǎndictionaryB3
  • 经典jīngdiǎnthe classicsB5
  • 典礼diǎnlǐceremonyB6
  • 典型diǎnxíngmodelB6
  • 古典gǔdiǎnclassicalB6
  • 辞典cídiǎnvariant of 词典B7
  • 典范diǎnfànmodelB7

See it in sentences

这本字典很有用。

This dictionary is very useful.

不懂就查字典。

If you do not understand, look it up in the dictionary.