Category	Principle of naming		Example
Character non-formation components of one stroke	Named according to the standardized stroke names		“丨” is called “竖(shù)”
Character non-formation components with commonly used names	Use a clear and more common term		“辶” is called “走之(zǒu zhī)” “彳” is called “双立人 (shuāng lì rén)”
Other kinds of components	Name by the position in Chinese characters	Components located in the upper part of upper-lower structure Chinese characters and upper-middle-lower structure Chinese characters are called “×字头(zì tóu)”	“”is called”青字头(qīng zì tóu)”
		Components located in the lower part of upper-lower structure Chinese characters and upper-middle-lower structure Chinese characters are called “×字底(zì dǐ)”	“廾” is called “弄字底 (nòng zì dǐ)”
		Components located in the left part of left-right structure Chinese characters are called “×字旁(zì páng )”	“丬” is called “将字旁 (jiāng zì páng)”
		Components located in the right part of left-right structure Chinese characters are called “×字边(zì biān)”	“冘” is called “枕字边 (zhěn zì biān)”
		Components located outside the besiege structure Chinese character are called “×字框(zì kuàng)”	“囗” is called “围字框 (wéi zì kuàng)”
		Components in the middle of the besiege structure Chinese character are called “×字心(zì xīn)”	“巛” is called “巡字心 (xún zì xīn)”
		Components in the middle of upper-middle-and-lower structure Chinese characters and semi-besiege structure Chinese characters are called “×字腰(zì yāo)”	“” is called “寒字腰 (hán zì yāo)”
		Components located in the four corners of Chinese characters are called “×(字)角(zì jiǎo)”	“歺” is called “餐左角 (cān zuǒ jiǎo)”
		*For a component transformed from a word, it is named by that word plus the place where that component locates in Chinese characters.	“爫” is called “爪头(zhǎo tóu)”
		*Components created by omitting certain parts of words are called “×省(shěng)”	“” is called “鸟省(niǎo shěng)”