Chinese-Russian character dictionary

Creating an electronic Chinese-Russian character dictionary is an ambitious project designed to help Russian-speaking university students outside China and Orientalists interested in Chinese writing learn Chinese (汉语/漢語, ханьюй). The characters (汉字/漢字, ханьцзы) underlying this system uniquely combine form, sound and meaning, making their study both fascinating and challenging. The management of «Chinese in Russian» aims to develop a dictionary that is both a practical tool and a source of deep understanding of the structure and history of Chinese characters.

The dictionary is intended for students learning Chinese up to HSK levels 3–5 and Orientalists researching the influence of Chinese characters on Japan (漢字, kanji), Korea (한자, hanja) and Vietnam (chữ Hán). Its electronic format allows integration of writing animations, phonetic transcriptions such as the Palladius system (for example, «шань» for 山), the Pinyin alphabet (拼音字母) and Zhuyin symbols (注音符號, чжуинь фухао), along with audio recordings of readings, meeting modern educational and research needs.

The dictionary presents information adapted to Russian-speaking learners, emphasizing Cyrillic transcription and Russian meanings of Chinese characters and words. At the same time, in seeking to uphold the high standards of Russian academic Sinology, the site collects extensive material on Chinese writing and makes it available to the public in dictionary entries.

This page serves not only as a preface, as in a printed dictionary, but also as the contents page for a series explaining the functions of character-entry elements, both those listed above and those playing a less prominent role in learning Chinese writing.