Talk:Chinese (Mandarin)/Radicals

Chinese Mandarin Radicals Page
Shouldn't the field radical, tian, be included in the 5 stroke radicals?

Good work. As always with any language page of any kind whatsoever, it would be nice to have an audio accompaniment.

Clickable would be nice, as long as the response time was fast. Nothing is stupider than audio feeds that take three or more seconds of waiting time per click. Failing that, a mere background babble of commentary would be nice: Learning Chinese is hard, and every bit of connected sound is valuable.

Bushou versus Pianpang as 'Radical'
The beginning of the explanation is, technically, incorrect. The Chinese word for radical is 部首. 偏旁 can refer to any component of a character (the confusion likely comes from the description of radicals as in 人字旁). Furthermore, the explanation about the use of a radical to differentiate words that sound alike is inaccurate. In the example given, the character 东 was borrwed to lend the pronunciation to the new character 冻, the radical providing the meaning element of the character.


 * I agree with the unsigned comment above. If my first edit passes, then I am going to carry out a thorough revision of this page. --Geographyinitiative (discuss • contribs) 11:22, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Wikibooks is always welcomed to updates. I've accepted your revision. Thanks Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 12:32, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your welcome! I have submitted a few more changes for this page. --Geographyinitiative (discuss • contribs) 13:36, 27 December 2018 (UTC)