Chinsym (Chinese Symbols)
Chinese-English dictionary
Easy shape initials index, Simplified
s1 index
Chinese characters traditionally tend to indexed using indexes that require some fore-knowledge of Chinese characters. The Chinsym s1 index sorts Simplifieid Chinese characters into 12 shape groups based on their initial element (left most, top most or outer most).
You can see those 12 shape groups and their derivative shapes below.
S1 simplified 1st element Index, TOC
囗/box
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the 囗 shape:
囗/box
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the 囗 shape:
⺆/top
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the ⺆ shape:
凵/bottom
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the 凵 shape:
以/hook
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the 以 shape:
乛/right
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the 乛 shape:
厂/left
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the 厂 shape:
丿/slant
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the 丿 shape:
丶/dot
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the 丶 shape:
八/hat
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the 八 shape:
一/horizontal
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the 一 shape:
丨/vertical
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the 丨 shape:
十/cross
The following leading elements are all based on (or derivatives of) the 十 shape:
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s1: Simplified initials, e1: Traditional initials (e=easy),
c1: cangjie code initials (Traditional), rad: radical (Traditional)