Reading Chinese Menus: Meta: Character index

[kake]

I'm sorry I've taken so long to do this, because I know people have been wanting it for a while, but here, finally, is an index of the posts I've made on individual Chinese characters. I did have rather grander ambitions for this, which is why it's been a while coming, but I had to scale back a bit in the end. Anyway! Here it is.

Also, you may have noticed that I've started putting a little infobox at the bottom of each character post, in which I give the character, its pinyin, its radical, and links to its entry in three dictionaries: CantoDict, MandarinTools, and YellowBridge. I'm happy to consider linking to other dictionaries too, if anyone has any suggestions, though I don't want the infobox to get too wide.

Here are the characters arranged by radical and number of strokes:

• radical 1 (一)
  • 丁 — dīng — diced
  • 三 — sān — three
• radical 3 (丶)
  • 丸 — wán — ball
• radical 7 (二)
  • 五 — wǔ — five
• radical 10 (儿)
  • 兔 — tù — rabbit
• radical 20 (勹)
  • 包 — bāo — bun/package/bundle
• radical 30 (口)
  • 口 — kǒu — mouth
• radical 31 (囗)
  • 四 — sì — four
• radical 61 (心)
  • 心 — xīn — heart
• radical 64 (手/扌/龵)
  • 手 — shǒu — hand
• radical 75 (木)
  • 東 — dōng — east
  • 椒 — jiāo — chilli/pepper
• radical 82 (毛)
  • 毛 — máo — hair/fur/feathers
• radical 85 (水/氵/氺)
  • 水 — shuǐ — water
  • 海 — hǎi — sea/ocean
  • 湯 — tāng — soup
• radical 86 (火/灬)
  • 炒 — chǎo — stirfry
• radical 91 (片)
  • 片 — piàn — sliced
• radical 93 (牛/牜)
  • 牛 — niú — cow/beef
• radical 96 (玉/王)
  • 球 — qiú — ball
• radical 97 (瓜)
  • 瓜 — guā — gourd
• radical 100 (生)
  • 生 — shēng — live/raw/unripe
• radical 106 (白)
  • 白 — bái — white/pure/plain
• radical 107 (皮)
  • 皮 — pí — skin/leather/rind
• radical 118 (竹)
  • 筷 — kuài — chopsticks
• radical 119 (米)
  • 米 — mǐ — uncooked rice/grain
  • 粉 — fěn — rice noodles/starch/powder
  • 粥 — zhǒu — congee
• radical 120 (糸/糹)
  • 紅 — hóng — red
  • 絲 — sī — thread/fibre/shred
• radical 128 (耳)
  • 耳 — ěr — ear
• radical 130 (肉/⺼)
  • 肉 — ròu — meat
  • 腰 — yāo — kidney
  • 腐 — fǔ — beancurd
• radical 140 (艸/艹)
  • 芋 — yù — taro
  • 花 — huā — flower
  • 茶 — chá — tea
  • 茄 — qié — aubergine/eggplant
  • 菜 — cài — vegetables, dish/course/cuisine
  • 菇 — gū — mushroom
  • 蒜 — suàn — garlic
  • 蒸 — zhēng — steamed
• radical 142 (虫)
  • 蛋 — dàn — egg
  • 蝦 — xiā — prawn
  • 蠔 — háo — oyster
• radical 151 (豆)
  • 豆 — dòu — beans
• radical 164 (酉)
  • 酸 — suān — sour
  • 醬 — jiàng — sauce/paste
• radical 172 (隹)
  • 雞 — jī — chicken
• radical 184 (食/飠)
  • 餅 — bǐng — cake/pancake/round pastry
• radical 186 (香)
  • 香 — xiāng — fragrance
• radical 195 (魚)
  • 魚 — yú — fish
  • 鮮 — xiān — fresh
• radical 199 (麥)
  • 麵 — miàn — noodles, flour, dough

And here they are in alphabetical order of pinyin:

• 白 — bái — white/pure/plain
• 包 — bāo — bun/package/bundle
• 餅 — bǐng — cake/pancake/round pastry
• 菜 — cài — vegetables, dish/course/cuisine
• 茶 — chá — tea
• 炒 — chǎo — stirfry
• 蛋 — dàn — egg
• 丁 — dīng — diced
• 東 — dōng — east
• 豆 — dòu — beans
• 耳 — ěr — ear
• 粉 — fěn — rice noodles/starch/powder
• 腐 — fǔ — beancurd
• 菇 — gū — mushroom
• 瓜 — guā — gourd
• 海 — hǎi — sea/ocean
• 蠔 — háo — oyster
• 紅 — hóng — red
• 花 — huā — flower
• 雞 — jī — chicken
• 醬 — jiàng — sauce/paste
• 椒 — jiāo — chilli/pepper
• 口 — kǒu — mouth
• 筷 — kuài — chopsticks
• 毛 — máo — hair/fur/feathers
• 米 — mǐ — uncooked rice/grain
• 麵 — miàn — noodles, flour, dough
• 牛 — niú — cow/beef
• 皮 — pí — skin/leather/rind
• 片 — piàn — sliced
• 茄 — qié — aubergine/eggplant
• 球 — qiú — ball
• 肉 — ròu — meat
• 三 — sān — three
• 生 — shēng — live/raw/unripe
• 手 — shǒu — hand
• 水 — shuǐ — water
• 絲 — sī — thread/fibre/shred
• 四 — sì — four
• 酸 — suān — sour
• 蒜 — suàn — garlic
• 湯 — tāng — soup
• 兔 — tù — rabbit
• 丸 — wán — ball
• 五 — wǔ — five
• 蝦 — xiā — prawn
• 鮮 — xiān — fresh
• 香 — xiāng — fragrance
• 心 — xīn — heart
• 腰 — yāo — kidney
• 魚 — yú — fish
• 芋 — yù — taro
• 蒸 — zhēng — steamed
• 粥 — zhǒu — congee

 

If you have any questions or corrections, please leave a comment (here's how) and let me know (or email me at kake@earth.li). See my introductory post to the Chinese menu project for what these posts are all about.

Comments

Re: another useful website

[kake]

Thanks for the link! There are certainly a lot of Chinese-English dictionary sites out there.

I noticed that on your dimsum page that you don't have all the Chinese names and characters for each dish. If you know them, is it possible for you to throw them on the site?

Can you be more specific about which page you mean? Happy to add info where it's missing, but I can't work out which page you're talking about.