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A radical (Chinese: 部首; pinyin: bùshǒu; lit. 'section header'), or indexing component, is a visually prominent component of a Chinese character under which the character is traditionally listed in a Chinese dictionary. The radical for a character is typically a semantic component, but can also be another structural component or even an ...
List of Kangxi radicals － a system of 214 components used by the Kangxi dictionary (1716), made under the leadership of the Kangxi Emperor; List of Unicode radicals － CJK radicals included in the Unicode Standard. List of Xinhua Zidian radicals; Chinese characters description languages － computer and SVG based description of CJK ...
'Chinese character radicals table') is a lexicographic tool used to order the Chinese characters in mainland China. The specification is also known as GF 0011-2009. In China's normative documents, "radical" is defined as any component or 偏旁 piānpáng of Chinese characters, while 部首 is translated as "indexing component". [2]
List of Kangxi radicals, a system of 214 components used by the Kangxi dictionary (1716), made under the leadership of the Kangxi Emperor; List of Xinhua Zidian radicals; Chinese characters description languages, computer and SVG based descriptions of CJK characters
Thus, the Oxford Concise English–Chinese Dictionary, for example, has 188 radicals. The Xinhua Zidian, a pocket-sized character dictionary containing about 13,000 characters, uses 189 radicals, later increased to 201 in its tenth edition to conform to the national standard. A few dictionaries also introduce new radicals, treating groups of ...
In this order, Chinese characters are sorted by their stroke count ascendingly. A character with less strokes is put before those of more strokes. [6] For example, the different characters in "漢字筆劃, 汉字笔画 " (Chinese character strokes) are sorted into "汉(5)字(6)画(8)笔(10)[筆(12)畫(12)]漢(14)", where stroke counts are put in brackets.
In Chinese characters, radicals are mostly semantic pianpangs, such as the radicals of 說, 湖, 打. [13] The structure of a Chinese character is the pattern or rule in which the character is formed by its (first level) components. [12] Chinese character structures include:
Thus, the Oxford Concise English–Chinese Dictionary, for example, has 188 radicals. The Xinhua Zidian, a pocket-sized character dictionary containing about 13,000 characters, uses 189 radicals, later (10th ed.) increased to 201 to conform to a national standard. A few dictionaries also introduce new radicals, treating groups of radicals that ...