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Chapter 11: Dictionaries and Dictionary Software
seem to be as reasonable. In any case, once the indexing radical has been determined, the
next task is to count the remaining strokes in the ideograph. Table 11-2 lists several hanzi,
along with their indexing radical and remaining strokes, using the two common indexing
radical systems: the classic 214 system and the simplied 186 system.
Identifying hanzi using dierent radical systemsTable 11-2.
Hanzi 214 radicals 186 radicals Remaining elements and residual strokes
(18) (11)
a
, 7 strokes
(85) (55)
b
, 2 strokes
(75) (72) , 4 strokes
(162) (57)
c
, 2 strokes
(149) (22)
d
, 7 strokes
A variant form of a. ; used as a right-side component.
A variant form of b. ; used as a left-side component.
A variant form of c. .
The simplied form of d. .
Appendix G provides a radical index for Level 2 of GB 2312-80, and Appendix J does the
same for Level 2 of JIS X 0208:1997, along with JIS X 0212-1990. While the two JIS stan-
dards conform to the set of 214 classical radicals, Level 2 of GB 2312-80 uses the reduced
set of 186 based on the principles of simplied hanzi.
Some ideograph dictionaries that use a reduced set of radicals provide a table that serves
as a cross-reference to equivalent radicals in the set of 214 classical radicals. Mark Spahn
and Wolfgang Hadamitzky’s e Kanji Dictionary (Charles E. Tuttle Com ...