Chinese Tools Introduction

On-line Chinese Tools

These pages hope to provide tools to assist people in learning and using the beautiful Chinese language. From the novice Chinese language student to the advanced programmer, I hope there is something here for everyone. Rather than being a Chinese language course, it provides tools to people who are already studying and using Chinese. Please check out the DimSum Chinese Reading Assistant, Character Flashcards, --> the Chinese/English dictionary, the Chinese Namer, and the Western/Chinese Calendar Converter.

Tools for Using Chinese

Character Dictionary
Version with GIFs
Look up Chinese characters by English, pinyin, radical/stroke, and Cantonese.

Chinese/English Dictionary
Look up words in Chinese by pinyin or English

China Reference Tools

Western-Chinese Calendar Converter
Convert between Solar and Lunar Calendars

Get a Chinese Name
Get a Chinese name inspired by your English name

Chinese Family Relationships
Find out how to say "father's older brother's wife" in Chinese

Chinese Measurements
Compare Chinese measurements with Metric and Imperial.

Chinese Numbers
Description of Chinese number system and a converter from English numbers to Chinese numbers.

On-line Abacus
Learn how to use the abacus.

Learn to Draw Chinese Characters
Character drawing animations

Chinese Chess
Learn the rules to Chinese chess

Computer Tools

Chinese GIF Collection
Archive of 15,000 character GIFs indexed by their Unicode value.

Tools for Using Chinese
Character Dictionary Version with GIFs Look up Chinese characters by English, pinyin, radical/stroke, and Cantonese.	Chinese/English Dictionary Look up words in Chinese by pinyin or English

China Reference Tools
Western-Chinese Calendar Converter Convert between Solar and Lunar Calendars	Get a Chinese Name Get a Chinese name inspired by your English name	Chinese Family Relationships Find out how to say "father's older brother's wife" in Chinese
Chinese Measurements Compare Chinese measurements with Metric and Imperial.	Chinese Numbers Description of Chinese number system and a converter from English numbers to Chinese numbers.	On-line Abacus Learn how to use the abacus.
Learn to Draw Chinese Characters Character drawing animations	Chinese Chess Learn the rules to Chinese chess

Computer Tools
	Chinese GIF Collection Archive of 15,000 character GIFs indexed by their Unicode value.

Have suggestions for a tool you'd like to see here? Found a bug that needs fixing? You can reach me through my contact page.

For general Chinese resources, including information about reading and writing Chinese on computers, please visit my Chinese Links page or the frequently asked questions page.

Credits and Sources

This page has drawn upon quite a few different public-domain Chinese resources and would not have been possible without them.

UNIHAN.TXT: A marvelous collection of Han character information available at the Unicode Consortium. Search UniHan
Data files from IFCSS's software data directory.
Frequency of Usage and Number of Strokes of Chinese Characters
CEDICT: A public-domain Chinese-English dictionary.

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