Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components
{{Short description|Lexicographic tool used to order the Chinese characters}}
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The Table of Indexing Chinese Character ComponentsOriginally translated as "The Table of Indexing Chinese Character Component", with the plural "-s" missing. ({{Zh|s=汉字部首表|t=漢字部首表|p=hànzì bùshǒu biǎo|l=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 {{Lang|zh-Hans|偏旁}} {{transl|zh|pinyin|piānpáng}} of Chinese characters, while {{Lang|zh-Hans|部首}} is translated as "indexing component".GB13000.1 字符集汉字部首归部规范 (Specification for Identifying Indexing Components of GB 13000.1 Chinese Characters Set)
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) ({{Lang|zh-Hans|汉字统一部首表（草案）}}), a draft version of the current standard.{{cite web |url=http://www.china-language.gov.cn/wenziguifan/scanning/gfsc/gfbz10.htm |title=汉字统一部首表（草案） |accessdate=2013-03-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524144704/http://www.china-language.gov.cn/wenziguifan/scanning/gfsc/gfbz10.htm |archivedate=2013-05-24}} In 2009, the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and the State Language Work Committee issued The Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components (GF 0011-2009 {{Lang|zh-Hans|汉字部首表}}), which includes 201 principal indexing components and 100 associated indexing components.{{cite web |url=http://www.moe.gov.cn/ewebeditor/uploadfile/2015/01/13/20150113090108815.pdf |title=汉字部首表 |publisher=中华人民共和国教育部 |date=2009-01-12 |accessdate=2021-01-03}}
Usage
This table has been adopted in the newer versions of Xinhua Zidian and Xiandai Hanyu Cidian. While mainland China has a different method to identify a Chinese character's indexing component (as prescribed in "{{Lang|zh-cn|GB13000.1字符集汉字部首归部规范}}" Specification for Identifying Indexing Components of GB 13000.1 Chinese Characters Set{{sic}}) from Traditional Chinese dictionaries, many dictionaries (usually arranged in hanyu pinyin 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 dictionaries or dictionaries that collect both traditional and simplified forms of Chinese characters with some necessary adjustments.