• Update: 2012/11/7: OK, so it’s broken again…I suspect due to a Chrome upgrade….the links to them dictionaries down there are still useful though! 🙂
• [Update 2012/3/10: K, it totally works now. I’d…yeah…I goofed up. The source code was fine, but…yeah…I copied the wrong…Anyway, it works now! 😀 ]

Hey there, you Lazy Hanzi aficionados!

Here is a little bookmarklet that looks up multiple kanji dictionaries (Wiktionary, MDBG, Richard Sears’ Chinese Etymology, CantoDict, Goo and YellowBridge) for you with a single click.

1. Drag and drop the following link onto your browser’s toolbar: 華匙漢MHLB
2. Highlight a single hanzi (e.g.: 感) and then click on the link.

• Read more on bookmarklets:
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  • Bookmarklets – About Bookmarklets j.mp/o5Fic3
  • How to use a bookmarklet: A Service of Wytheville Community College j.mp/vaW5Ws
  • how to use bookmarklets – YouTube j.mp/rS5wEs
  • The Digital Marketer : How to Use Bookmarklets :: Quick and Dirty Tips ™ j.mp/vwSwD0
• Source code for this bookmarklet:
  • javascript:(function(){var w=window,d=w.document,s="";;if(d.selection){s=d.selection.createRange().text}else if(d.getSelection){s=d.getSelection()}else if(w.getSelection){s=window.getSelection()}window.open('http://www.surusu.com/addqaui.php?front='+encodeURIComponent(s),"_blank");window.open("http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=1&wdqb="+encodeURIComponent(s),"_blank");window.open("http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/"+encodeURIComponent(s),"_blank");window.open("http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterASP/CharacterEtymology.aspx?characterInput="+encodeURIComponent(s)+"&submitButton1=Etymology","_blank");window.open("http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/search/?searchtype=3&text="+encodeURIComponent(s),"_blank");window.open("http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/wordsearch.php?searchMode=C&dialect=M&word="+encodeURIComponent(s)+"&search=Search","_blank");window.open("http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/je/"+encodeURIComponent(s)+"/m0u/","_blank");})()