The Shuowen Jiezi dictionary created by Xu Shen uses 540 radicals to index its characters.[1]
| Volume | Radicals | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (Introduction) | |
| 2 | Chinese: 一丄示三王玉玨气士丨屮艸蓐茻 | |
| 3 | Chinese: 小八釆半牛犛告口凵吅哭走止癶步此正是辵彳廴㢟行齒牙足疋品龠冊 | |
| 4 | Chinese: 㗊舌干只㕯句丩古十卅言誩音䇂丵菐共異舁䢅爨革鬲䰜爪丮鬥又史支聿畫隶臤臣殳殺寸皮㼱攴教卜用爻㸚 | |
| 5 | Chinese: 目䀠眉盾自鼻皕習羽隹奞雈羊羴瞿雔雥鳥烏冓幺叀玄予放歺死冎骨肉筋刀刃㓞丯耒 | |
| 6 | Chinese: 角竹箕丌左工㠭巫甘曰乃丂可兮号亏旨喜壴鼓豈豆豊豐䖒虍虎虤皿去血丶丹青井皀鬯食亼會倉入缶矢高冂京亯㫗畗㐭嗇來麥夊舛舜韋弟夂久桀 | |
| 7 | Chinese: 木東林才叒之帀出生乇華稽巢桼束㯻囗員貝邑 | |
| 8 | Chinese: 日旦倝㫃冥晶月有朙囧夕多毌齊朿片鼎克彔禾秝黍香米毇臼凶朩麻尗耑韭瓜瓠宀宮呂穴㝱疒冖冃㒳网襾巾巿帛白㡀黹 | |
| 9 | Chinese: 人匕从比北丘㐺重臥身㐆衣裘老毛毳尸尺尾履舟方儿兄兂皃先禿見覞欠㱃㳄旡頁 | |
| 10 | Chinese: 面丏首須彡彣文髟后司卮卩印色辟勹包茍鬼甶厶嵬山屾屵广厂丸危石長勿冄而豕㣇彑豚豸易象 | |
| 11 | Chinese: 馬鹿麤㲋兔萈犬㹜鼠能熊火炎黑囪焱炙赤大亦夨夭交尣壺壹幸奢亢夲夰亣夫立竝囟思心惢 | |
| 12 | Chinese: 水沝瀕巜川泉灥永谷仌雨雲魚燕龍飛非卂 | |
| 13 | Chinese: 不至西鹵鹽戶門耳手女毋民丿乁氏氐戈戉我亅珡乚亡匸匚曲甾瓦弓弜弦系 | |
| 14 | Chinese: 糸素絲率虫䖵蟲風它龜黽卵二土垚堇里田畕黃男力劦 | |
| 15 | Chinese: 金幵勺几且斤斗矛車厽四宁叕亞五六七九禸嘼甲乙丙丁戊己巴庚辛辡壬癸子了孨丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉酋戌亥 |