xianhua Posted September 19, 2009 at 11:27 AM Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 at 11:27 AM I've been searching for an answer but yet to find one. Obviously, modern Chinese dictionaries are ordered by Pinyin sounds (or mine is anyway) and then by tone. What happens after that though? Are then then organised by radicals? This looks like the case with say 户 and 护. If this is the case, then which radical gets priority? Is is the one which comes earlier in the radical index? It would just make searching a bit quicker when one is faced with a myriad of of 'ji' sounds. I may just have answered my own question, but confirmation would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted September 19, 2009 at 02:23 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 at 02:23 PM It depends on the dictionary, but usually by the number of strokes in the character, and for characters with a similar number of strokes, then by the order of strokes, usually starting with a single horizontal line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westmeadboy Posted September 19, 2009 at 02:54 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 at 02:54 PM There's some more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dictionary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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