Something like zhongwen.com, but ...

[bopomofo2]

I wonder if there exists something like zhongwen.com, but for simplified (PRC) characters. More specifically, an online dictionary where I can find characters by radicals or by number of strokes. zhongwen.com also lists simplified characters, btw, but it doesn't let you search them using radicals or number of strokes.

Thank you in advance.

[mandarinboy]

The original is www.unicode.org. e.g. http://www.unicode.org/charts/unihan.html

other my own www.mandarinteacher.com/dictionary or why not the best of them all (my opinion) www.zhongwen.com

[chinesetools]

At http://www.mandarintools.com/chardict_u8.html you can look up characters by pinyin, radical/stroke, etc. You can also find other characters that share similar components.

[bopomofo2]

Thanks chinesetools,

The chardict on mandarintools.com looks great. Is there a version I can use offline, since my internet connection is not that great. Thank you very much.

[TCcookie]

Sure, just download the "Dim Sum Chinese Reading Assistant." It's a really handy program that includes the dictionary, adsotrans-style mouseover translation, pinyin (with tone marks) input, character conversion, and pinyin notation, among other things. Oh, this is from Mandarintools.com, by the way.

[Tom McCrossin]

Also check out EuroAsiaSoftware's talking dictionary. I typically use zhongwen and paperbacks, but it's not a bad tool (especially for free). It also relies on feedback from users to expand the dictionary.

http://www.euroasiasoftware.com/english/chinese/dictionary/index.html

- Tom Mc

[horas]

You mean like 新华字典 (Xin1 Hua2 Zi4 Dian3)?

the (abridged) version online:

http://www.fzepc.com/chinapoem/word.asp

TWIMC (people who lost their cats):

http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/chowmein.html

[bopomofo2]

Thanks, horas! http://www.fzepc.com/chinapoem/word.asp is indeed very close to zhongwen.com