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Searching characters by their constituent components

TL;DR: We can find characters by inputting some or all of their constituent components.

小學堂 offers a component-searching interface, so that if you manage to recognise some components of a character but not the entire character, you can input those components to get a matching character which contains them.

Let's say that you come across the following character, and you don't recognise it:

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Step 1. Identify as many parts of the character as possible.

Let's say that you've recognised 2「木」and a「彡」

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Step 2. Input those components at http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/ccdb

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Step 3. Click 確定送出 to get a list of matching characters.

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You should see the following if you did this step correctly:

 

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Step 4. After you've found the correct character, click the character (not the number underneath it) to bring up a pop-up box.

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You should see the following box pop up if you did this step correctly:

 

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Step 5. The box under 瀏覽器 contains a text character. You can select and copy the character, then look up the character under your favourite dictionary.

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Searching characters by their constituent components

TL;DR: We can find characters by inputting some or all of their constituent components.

小學堂 offers a component-searching interface, so that if you manage to recognise some components of a character but not the entire character, you can input those components to get a matching character which contains them.

Let's say that you come across the following character, and you don't recognise it:

enter image description here

Step 1. Identify as many parts of the character as possible.

Let's say that you've recognised 2「木」and a「彡」

enter image description here

Step 2. Input those components at http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/ccdb

enter image description here

Step 3. Click 確定送出 to get a list of matching characters.

enter image description here

You should see the following if you did this step correctly:

 

enter image description here

Step 4. After you've found the correct character, click the character (not the number underneath it) to bring up a pop-up box.

enter image description here

You should see the following box pop up if you did this step correctly:

 

enter image description here

Step 5. The box under 瀏覽器 contains a text character. You can select and copy the character, then look up the character under your favourite dictionary.

enter image description here

Searching characters by their constituent components

TL;DR: We can find characters by inputting some or all of their constituent components.

小學堂 offers a component-searching interface, so that if you manage to recognise some components of a character but not the entire character, you can input those components to get a matching character which contains them.

Let's say that you come across the following character, and you don't recognise it:

enter image description here

Step 1. Identify as many parts of the character as possible.

Let's say that you've recognised 2「木」and a「彡」

enter image description here

Step 2. Input those components at http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/ccdb

enter image description here

Step 3. Click 確定送出 to get a list of matching characters.

enter image description here

You should see the following if you did this step correctly:

enter image description here

Step 4. After you've found the correct character, click the character (not the number underneath it) to bring up a pop-up box.

enter image description here

You should see the following box pop up if you did this step correctly:

enter image description here

Step 5. The box under 瀏覽器 contains a text character. You can select and copy the character, then look up the character under your favourite dictionary.

enter image description here

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Searching characters by their constituent components

TL;DR: We can find characters by inputting some or all of their constituent components.

小學堂 offers a component-searching interface, so that if you manage to recognise some components of a character but not the entire character, you can input those components to get a matching character which contains them.

Let's say that you come across the following character, and you don't recognise it:

enter image description here

Step 1. Identify as many parts of the character as possible.

Let's say that you've recognised 2「木」and a「彡」

enter image description here

Step 2. Input those components at http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/ccdb

enter image description here

Step 3. Click 確定送出 to get a list of matching characters.

enter image description here

You should see the following if you did this step correctly:

enter image description here

Step 4. After you've found the correct character, click the character (not the number underneath it) to bring up a pop-up box.

enter image description here

You should see the following box pop up if you did this step correctly:

enter image description here

Step 5. The box under 瀏覽器 contains a text character. You can select and copy the character, then look up the character under your favourite dictionary.

enter image description here