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Searching for Mandarin pinyin: "que" (pin1 yin1, simplified & traditional)
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Character Tot Str Rad / Str Mandarin Pīnyīn Unihan Definitionstandalone and in compounds
Jyutping Cantonese VariantFour corner
Cangjie
却
7画
still, but; decline; retreat
卻 4772.0
GISL
缺
10画
be short of, lack; gap, deficit
8573.0
OUDK
卻
9画
still, but; decline; retreat
却 4772.0 8762.0
CRSL
欠
4画
owe, lack, be deficient; Kangxi radical 76
2780.2
NO
鳥
11画
bird; Kangxi radical 196
鸟 2732.7
HAYF
确
12画
sure, certain; real, true
確 1762.7
MRNBG
確
15画
sure, certain; real, true
确 1461.4
MROBG
雀
11画
sparrow
9021.4
FOG
猎
11画
hunt; field sports
獵 4426
KHTA
殻
11画
casing, shell, husk, hull, skin
壳 4724.7
XXGNH
阙
13画
watch tower; palace
闕 3748
LSTUO
芍
6画
peony; water chestnuts
4412.7
TPI
闕
18画
watch tower; palace
阙 7748.2
ANTUO
鹊
13画
magpie; Pica species (various)
鵲 4762
TAPYM
瘸
16画
lameness, paralysis of hands, leg
0012.7
KKRB
炔
8画
an alkyne (e.g., acetylene)
9583.0
FDK
阕
12画
close, shut; watch tower
闋 3780
LSNOK
塙
13画
truly
4012.7
GYRB
鵲
19画
magpie; Pica species (various)
鹊 4762.7
TAHAF
榷
14画
footbridge; toll, levy; monopoly
4491.4
DOBG
埆
10画
stony
4712.7
GNBG
郄
8画
surname
4772
KINL
觳
17画
an ancient measure; a goblet; mean; frightened
4724.7
GBHNE
闋
17画
close, shut; watch tower
阕 7743.1
ANNOK
灍
21画
𫞝 EANO
皵
13画
4464.7
TADHE
慤
15画
sincerity, honesty; modest
悫 GEP
舃
12画
a shoe; the sole of a shoe; magpie
HXYF
碻
15画
solid
1062.7
MRYRB
寉
11画
4021.4 3021.4
JOG
咑
8画
6102.0
RQMN
琷
11画
MGTGU
搉
13画
knock; pick out; ridicule
5401.4
QOBG
礭
21画
1161.4
MRMBG
愨
14画
sincerity, honesty; cautious
悫 4733.4
GEP
礐
18画
𬒈 7760.1
HBMR
獡
14画
4722.7
KHHXF
悫
11画
sincerity, honesty; modest
愨 慤 4033
GBHP
趞
15画
GOTA
碏
13画
coloured
1466.1
MRTA
燩
17画
FHSK
硞
12画
1466.1
MRHGR
毃
14画
0724.7
YBHNE
蒛
13画
4473.5
TOUK
崅
10画
XUNBQ
墧
15画
𰉩 GHKB
舭
10画
2241
HYPP
攉
19画
to beckon; to urge
5101.4
QMBG
Searching for Mandarin pinyin: "es" (pin1 yin1, simplified & traditional)
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Searching for Mandarin pinyin: "la" (pin1 yin1, simplified & traditional)
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Character Tot Str Rad / Str Mandarin Pīnyīn Unihan Definitionstandalone and in compounds
Jyutping Cantonese VariantFour corner
Cangjie
拉
8画
pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
5001.8
QYT
啦
11画
final particle of assertion
6001.8
RQYT
蓝
13画
blue; indigo plant; surname
藍 4410
TLIT
落
12画
fall, drop; net income, surplus
4416.4
TEHR
垃
8画
garbage, refuse, waste
4011.8
GYT
辣
14画
peppery, pungent, hot; cruel
0549.6
YJDL
藍
17画
blue; indigo plant; surname
蓝 4410.7
TSIT
蜡
14画
wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; (same as
䄍 ) meaning imperial harvest
蠟 5416.1
LITA
喇
12画
horn, bugle; lama; final particle
6200.0
RDLN
摺
14画
fold, bend; twisted, curved
折 5706.2
QSMA
腊
12画
year-end sacrifice; dried meat
臘 7426.1
BTA
臘
19画
year-end sacrifice; dried meat
腊 7221.7
BVVV
剌
9画
slash, cut in two; contradict
5290.0
DLLN
蠟
21画
wax; candle; waxy, glazed
蜡 5211.6
LIVVV
邋
18画
rags
3230.1
YVVV
蝋
14画
wax; candle; waxy, glazed
5211.6
LIFHN
癞
18画
leprosy, scabies, mange; shoddy
癩 0018
XKDLO
菈
11画
4451.8
TQYT
癩
21画
leprosy, scabies, mange; shoddy
癞 0018.6
KDLC
砬
10画
big stone
1061.8
MRYT
翋
11画
1011.8
SMYT
旯
6画
nook, corner
6041.7
AKN
镴
20画
solder; tin
鑞 8271.6
XCVVV
柆
9画
4091.8
DYT
臈
16画
year end sacrifice; dried meat
7422.7
BTAV
揧
13画
5250.2
DNQ
瘌
14画
severe; poisonous; dangerous; itch and other skin diseases
0012.0
KDLN
鑞
23画
solder; tin
镴 8211.6
CVVV
磖
16画
a large stone
MRSMA
楋
13画
5290.0
DDLN
鞡
17画
leg warmer
4051.8
TJQYT
揦
12画
to clutch; to grab at; to rub or scrape; to tear; (Cant.) to scratch; to feel around with the hand
QDLN
嚹
20画
(Cant.) a particle implying completion, certainty, or urgency
ROUD
辢
14画
bitter, pungent, acrid
DLYTJ
爉
19画
FVVV
搚
13画
5402.7
QKSB
鯻
20画
𬶟 NFDLN
藞
18画
4466.1
TMRR
蝲
15画
5210.0
LIDLN
嘑
14画
to menace; to howl at; to bawl; (Cant.) final particle
RYPD
瓎
20画
MGDLC
攋
19画
to clutch; to grab at; to rub or scrape; to tear; (Cant.) to leave behind, omit
𪮶 QDLC
擸
18画
to hold, to grasp; to hold the hair; to pull at; (Cant.) to glance
5201.6
QVVV
鬎
19画
favus, scabies
7292.2
SHDBN
Searching for Mandarin pinyin: "uca" (pin1 yin1, simplified & traditional)
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Searching for Mandarin pinyin: "de" (pin1 yin1, simplified & traditional)
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Character Tot Str Rad / Str Mandarin Pīnyīn Unihan Definitionstandalone and in compounds
Jyutping Cantonese VariantFour corner
Cangjie
的
8画
possessive, adjectival suffix
2762.0
HAPI
地
6画
earth; soil, ground; region
4411.2
GPD
得
11画
obtain, get, gain, acquire
2624.1
HOAMI
登
12画
rise, mount, board, climb
1210.8
NOMRT
德
15画
ethics, morality, virtue
2423.6
HOJWP
底
8画
bottom, underneath, underside
0024.2
IHPM
徳
14画
virtue; ethics
2423.6
XHOJW
嘚
14画
6604.1
RHOI
陟
9画
climb, scale, ascend; proceed
7122.1
NLYLH
墬
14画
to fall, sink
7710.4
NOG
锝
13画
technetium (element 43, Tc)
鍀 8674
XCAMI
鍀
16画
technetium (element 43, Tc)
锝 CAMI
恴
10画
YAP
淂
11画
3614.1
EAMI
惪
12画
ethics
JMP
Searching for Mandarin pinyin: "rd" (pin1 yin1, simplified & traditional)
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