You know, sometimes there is a certain Chinese character that you have seen. And you wonder how to read it. Don't worry, you are not alone.

There are thousands of Chinese characters, it's normal that we don't know all of them. We come across new words everyday. Especially with people's names.

With this online dictionary, you can write Chinese characters with your computer mouse. It recognizes handwriting input.

Here's a demo.

Use your mouse to draw the Chinese character in the 1st box.

Let's start writing.

As you write, the 2nd box on the right will start suggesting characters matching it. Amazing I must say.

Let's continue and finish the word.

It's hard to write perfectly with a mouse. And yet this online Chinese dictionary can recognize what I have written.

The box on the right has now suggested a list of characters. And you can see that the first character is the one I want to look for - 铖.

You can click on this character. It will move into a search box.

Now click on the magnifying glass.

The results will show you what the meaning of this word is. And also gives you the Pinyin - chéng. So you can now know how to read this word!

Where to find this online dictonary?

Go to nciku.com. And discover many more things there.