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''The Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' () is a
lexicographic Lexicography is the study of lexicons and the art of compiling dictionaries. It is divided into two separate academic disciplines: * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoretical lex ...
tool used to order the
Chinese characters Chinese characters are logographs used Written Chinese, to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture. Of the four independently invented writing systems accepted by scholars, they represe ...
in
mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...
. The specification is also known as GF 0011-2009. In China's normative documents, "radical" is defined as any component or of Chinese characters, while is translated as "indexing component".


History

In 1983, the Committee for Reforming the Chinese Written Language and the State Administration of Publication of China published ''The Table of Unified Indexing Chinese Character Components (Draft)'' (), a draft version of the current standard. In 2009, the
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China is a constituent department of the State Council, responsible for basic education, vocational education, higher education, and other educational affairs throughout the country. Th ...
and the
State Language Work Committee The State Language Commission (SLC) is the official language regulator of China, managed by the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education. It is mainly responsible for the standardization of national languages, and for implementing the p ...
issued ''The Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' (GF 0011-2009 ), which includes 201 principal indexing components and 100 associated indexing components.


Usage

This table has been adopted in the newer versions of ''
Xinhua Zidian The ''Xinhua Zidian'' (), also as ''Xinhua Dictionary'', is a Chinese language, Chinese-language dictionary published by the Commercial Press. The first edition of ''Xinhua Zidian'' was published in 1957. The latest version is the 12th edition, ...
'' and ''
Xiandai Hanyu Cidian ''Xiandai Hanyu Cidian'' ( zh , s = 现代汉语词典 , t = 現代漢語詞典 , p = Xiàndài Hànyǔ Cídiǎn , l = Modern Han Language Word Dictionary ), also known as ''A Dictionary of Current Chinese'' or ''Contemporary Chinese Dictionary'' ...
''. While mainland China has a different method to identify a Chinese character's indexing component (as prescribed in "" ''Specification for Identifying Indexing Components of GB 13000.1 Chinese Characters Set'') from Traditional Chinese dictionaries, many dictionaries (usually arranged in
hanyu pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means ' Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin'' literally ...
order) index Chinese character in a "multi-entry" way which allow readers to look up a character through different radicals. The specification specifies the table may also be used in
Traditional Chinese A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examp ...
dictionaries or dictionaries that collect both traditional and simplified forms of Chinese characters with some necessary adjustments.


List of radicals

* 1 stroke: * 2 strokes: * 3 strokes: * 4 strokes: * 5 strokes: * 6 strokes: * 7 strokes: * 8 strokes: * 9 strokes: * 10 strokes: * 11 strokes: * 12 strokes: * 13 strokes: * 14 strokes: * 17 strokes:


See also

*
Radical (Chinese character) A radical (), 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 it ca ...
* List of ''Shuowen Jiezi'' radicals *
List of Unicode radicals The List of Unicode radicals comprises those Unicode characters that represent radical components of CJK characters, Tangut characters or Yi syllables. These are used primarily for indexing characters in dictionaries. There are two CJK radical ...
** Unicode chart - Kangxi Radicals ** Unicode Chart - CJK Radicals Supplement *
List of Kangxi radicals A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
- 214 radicals *
Table of Japanese kanji radicals Kanji radicals are graphemes, or graphical parts, that are used in organizing Japanese kanji in dictionaries. They are derived from the 214 Chinese Kangxi radicals. Table key The following table shows the 214 Kangxi radicals, which are derived f ...
**
Simplified table of Japanese kanji radicals This is a simplified table of Japanese writing system, Japanese kanji visual components (graphemes) that does away with all the wikt:archaic, archaic forms found in the Japanese version of the Table of Japanese kanji radicals, Kangxi radicals. ...


References

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