If you know even a few Hanzi, you probably know at least a couple of radicals, like person and water.
If you really know nothing about Hanzi, you could use a little chart like what is already there, that shows the variant forms of radicals. ★じゅういっちゃん★ 私はろこえんらかべさ。 Riddle of the week: What song is 35971040100? That is not a catalog number. Hint: the chorus is 3597104042 > >An ideal index for the casual or non-CJK user might be quite >different in approach. Perhaps the first component drawn in >any character would be a good basis for indexing rather than >the significant radical. But, as you've pointed out, not all >components are immediately recognizable as pertaining to a >particular radical, especially to the casual user. > >Since the Han Radical Index in the Unicode book functions the >same as a radical index in a Chinese dictionary, I balked at the >idea of having any character appearing under a non-significant >radical, at first. But after more thought, I don't suppose any >laws would be violated if characters appeared in more than one >location. It sure would make look-ups easier. Meanwhile, I'll >take your advice and keep an eye on Wenlin. > >Best regards, > >James Kass. > > > >
