Chinese Radicals In France Since The 20th Century Development

China has changed a lot in the 20th century, and Chinese characters has beeninfluenced badly. With the social development, great progress has been made ineconomy,culture and education, which makes the shortcomings of 214 Radicals ofKANGXIZIDIAN clearer and clearer. From the end of Qing dynasty on, the methodson radicals that aims to change the old and creat the new method have arisen quietly.From the 20th century, the methods on radicals have experienced threeresearching climaxes. The research of each stage centers on the number of the radicals,the basis of the radicals' establishment, the position of radicals, and the arrangementof radicals and the characters in one radical. The improvement of 214 Radicals is alsoone of the researching emphases. In the early stage of the 20th century, the radicals areestablished according to the style of characters, which is carried out by criticism,inheritance and the improvement to KANGXIZIDIAN. The positions of radicals aredefined in the left,top or the left and top of characters. The radicals and characters arearranged by the style and the first stroke of characters. The works of the stage is agood basic researching. In the middle stage, the thoughts of conforming the indexingmethods are formed through the ardent discussion. In the later stage, the influence of201 Radicals promulgated by the government, and the 200 Radicals applied inHANYUDAZIDIAN and HANYUDACIDIAN are extensive. Meanwhile, theconforming and the standardizing of radicals are under discussion. The works in thethree stages make the system of the methods on radicals more perfect.The paper researches on the preceding stages, and induces the venation of thedevelopment of the methods on radicals in last century. The transform of the methodsis discussed from the 214 Radicals to Modern Radicals. The improvement and thetrend of the methods on radicals are summarized.