Radical (Chinese character)

Chinese character radical - traditional component of Chinese ideographs, used for indexing them in dictionaries. Article “Radical (Chinese character)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 9.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Radical (Chinese character)”, its content was written by 13 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 744 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3936 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1331 in May 2016
• Global: #5845 in January 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #11703 in August 2008
• Global: #40341 in July 2008

There are 26 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Chinese character radicals		50.0342
2	Malay (ms) Radikal aksara Cina		42.5346
3	Italian (it) Radicali (cinese)		42.3957
4	Persian (fa) ریشه (نویسه‌های چینی)		40.417
5	Indonesian (id) Radikal (Aksara Han)		37.802
6	Korean (ko) 부수		34.0433
7	Hindi (hi) चीनी अक्षरों में रेडिकल		31.7344
8	Chinese (zh) 部首		31.1429
9	Min Nan (zhminnan) Pō͘-siú		30.9668
10	Ukrainian (uk) Ключ (ієрогліфічний)		30.765

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Radical (Chinese character)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 部首		2 093 333
2	English (en) Chinese character radicals		1 480 714
3	Chinese (zh) 部首		653 006
4	Korean (ko) 부수		244 014
5	German (de) Radikal (chinesische Schrift)		212 300
6	Russian (ru) Ключ (иероглифика)		206 372
7	Thai (th) หมวดคำอักษรจีน		176 551
8	Vietnamese (vi) Bộ thủ		123 548
9	French (fr) Clé d'un sinogramme		112 611
10	Italian (it) Radicali (cinese)		65 141

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Radical (Chinese character)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Chinese character radicals		5 150
2	Japanese (ja) 部首		1 332
3	Chinese (zh) 部首		1 288
4	Korean (ko) 부수		1 216
5	Russian (ru) Ключ (иероглифика)		737
6	Vietnamese (vi) Bộ thủ		667
7	Italian (it) Radicali (cinese)		514
8	German (de) Radikal (chinesische Schrift)		387
9	Thai (th) หมวดคำอักษรจีน		322
10	Spanish (es) Radical (sinograma)		172

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Radical (Chinese character)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Chinese character radicals		204
2	French (fr) Clé d'un sinogramme		74
3	Japanese (ja) 部首		67
4	German (de) Radikal (chinesische Schrift)		63
5	Chinese (zh) 部首		57
6	Russian (ru) Ключ (иероглифика)		45
7	Italian (it) Radicali (cinese)		32
8	Dutch (nl) Radicaal (Chinees schrift)		30
9	Hebrew (he) שורש (כתב סיני)		24
10	Polish (pl) Klucz (pismo chińskie)		20

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Radical (Chinese character)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Chinese character radicals		2
2	Russian (ru) Ключ (иероглифика)		1
3	Arabic (ar) حرف (صينية)		0
4	Belarusian (be) Іерагліфічны ключ		0
5	German (de) Radikal (chinesische Schrift)		0
6	Spanish (es) Radical (sinograma)		0
7	Persian (fa) ریشه (نویسه‌های چینی)		0
8	French (fr) Clé d'un sinogramme		0
9	Hebrew (he) שורש (כתב סיני)		0
10	Hindi (hi) चीनी अक्षरों में रेडिकल		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Radical (Chinese character)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Chinese character radicals		749
2	Japanese (ja) 部首		528
3	Chinese (zh) 部首		477
4	Russian (ru) Ключ (иероглифика)		259
5	Spanish (es) Radical (sinograma)		256
6	Vietnamese (vi) Bộ thủ		255
7	Dutch (nl) Radicaal (Chinees schrift)		230
8	Min Nan (zhminnan) Pō͘-siú		222
9	Ukrainian (uk) Ключ (ієрогліфічний)		207
10	German (de) Radikal (chinesische Schrift)		148

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic حرف (صينية)
be	Belarusian Іерагліфічны ключ
de	German Radikal (chinesische Schrift)
en	English Chinese character radicals
es	Spanish Radical (sinograma)
fa	Persian ریشه (نویسه‌های چینی)
fr	French Clé d'un sinogramme
he	Hebrew שורש (כתב סיני)
hi	Hindi चीनी अक्षरों में रेडिकल
id	Indonesian Radikal (Aksara Han)
it	Italian Radicali (cinese)
ja	Japanese 部首
ko	Korean 부수
ms	Malay Radikal aksara Cina
nl	Dutch Radicaal (Chinees schrift)
pl	Polish Klucz (pismo chińskie)
ru	Russian Ключ (иероглифика)
simple	Simple English Radical (Chinese character)
sv	Swedish Radikal (skrift)
ta	Tamil சீன வேர் எழுத்துக்கள்
th	Thai หมวดคำอักษรจีน
tr	Turkish Kök (Çin karakterleri)
uk	Ukrainian Ключ (ієрогліфічний)
vi	Vietnamese Bộ thủ
zh	Chinese 部首
zhminnan	Min Nan Pō͘-siú

Best Rank

Simple English: #11703 08.2008

Global: #40341 07.2008

Best Rank

Simple English: #1331 05.2016

Global: #5845 01.2004

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