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Prosody

Choose a verse form or ci pattern and refine your writing against its structure. This tool does not judge literary merit.

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Ci patterns

Lines are matched by length and tones. Use 1 for a rhymed line and 0 for an unrhymed line, one digit per line. Both tone and rhyme filters accept ? or the full-width ? as a wildcard.

Pattern details

· Choose a reading / rhyme group

This reference provides tone categories and rhyme groups. Choose by meaning.

Rhymes and references

Word search uses a local dictionary, with definitions completed online. The English interface uses a Chinese–English dictionary.

Level tones are red; oblique tones are blue. Entering tones are bold with a dotted underline. Scroll through entries; hover for the rhyme group or select a character to find words.