Question for the LRDers

[flemmings]

Or anyone else who knows, but I figure Singapore would have them if anyone did.

As you know, Bob, there are a plethora of Japanese-English electronic dictionaries, some of which are actually made for gaijin-- or at least, can be used by gaijin without pain. (Those Canon Wordtanks with the easy kanji lookup function and the jump function and all like that, that all gaijin swear by.) Yet when I google Chinese hanzi dictionaries, I get nothing but online applications for the computer. Yes, well.

Anyone know if there are electronic Chinese dictionaries for English speakers, that let you look up hanzi by radical and stroke number, or by pinyin, or even by drawing the character? And that preferably do *not* devote much memory to telling you how the things sound? Ever seen one of those around? Or are the electronic dictionaries all geared to Chinese speakers who want to know the English for a word?

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[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

I can ask around my friends it does sound like the sort of thing we would have .. I might ask my girl's teacher. I've been looking to ask for myselfthe children's use for a while now and have no idea how much they cost. If I find out anything useful I'll let you know. ^_^

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'd appreciate it. I'm sure they're fairly expensive, or will be once they get here. OTOH I just discovered that French-English word tanks (basically, the Larousse dictionary in miniature) can be bought at a major office goods chain here for about $70 US. So where the local need exists maybe they're cheaper.