| 1 | Convenient location of characters through either phonetic or radical reference 4. | |
| 2 | Indexing methods based on phonetics, strokes and radicals are provided in this book. | |
| 3 | This paper more systematically and exhaustively introduces the course of the establishment and progressive perfection of radical indexing system. | |
| 4 | The Radical Indexing System for Chinese Characters, though presented the last, is also an important component of this book. | |
| 5 | Radical character searching method, with a history of over 2000 years, is the most common character searching method for dictionaries and word books. |