由杂部兴衰看汉字部首法归部发展趋势

View on the Trend of Development in Arranging Characters with the Radical Methods from the Vicissitudes of the Miscellaneous Radicals

杂部作为汉字部首法的特殊部类曾长期在辞书中为汉字排序。它的出现颠覆了《说文》部首法根据字义归部的重要原则,是古人放弃根据字义归部模式的尝试,具有过渡性。杂部兴衰和去向研究证明:根据字形归部完全适合汉字部首法;《说文》部首法建立的“建类一首”的外在形式不可或缺;语言文字作为公共应用产品应当与时俱进。

As a special radical class, miscellaneous radicals were used to sort the Chinese characters over a long period of time in historical dictionaries. It’s an attempt made by the ancients to arrange the characters irrespective of their meanings that overthrew the basic principle of radical compiling method in Shuowen. The vicissitudes of the miscellaneous radicals demonstrated that "Jian lei yi shou" in Shuowen is the indispensable form and arranging the characters on the basis of their patterns fits the radical compiling method. The public application products of language and characters should advance with the times.