Radicals in sitelen pona: Difference between revisions

In {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}, a '''radical''' is a recurring graphical component across multiple glyphs. The radical-based analysis was invented{{wh|date=2024-01-16|where? by whom?}} after the initial set of glyphs was published in {{pu|en}}.

The radical-based analysis was invented{{wh|date=2024-01-16|where? by whom?}} after the initial set of glyphs was published in ''[[Toki Pona: The Language of Good]]''. Some of these elements were clearly intended, such as the ''emitters'' initially representing {{tp|[[pana]]}}-like concepts relating to emittion, the triangle shape representing [[color]]s, and the incorporation of {{tp|[[luka]]}} (the ''hand radical'') representing manual actions. Other proposed radicals may be coincidental or questionably meaningful, such as acknowledgments of shared glyph "etymologies". For example, markers of non-{{w|Declarative sentence|declarative}} sentences have been analyzed as having a ''punctuation stem radical'', but perhaps it is more direct to say that these glyphs are each based on Latin punctuation.

The term is taken from {{w|Radical (Chinese characters)|radicals}} of {{w|Chinese character}}s, which dictionaries use to sort words. This comparison has been disputed.{{citation needed}} While there have been attempts to group {{tp|sitelen pona}} glyphs by common features, there is no standard [[Collation of sitelen pona|collation]], and glyphs are most often sorted alphabetically by the words' {{tp|[[sitelen Lasina]]}} spellings. Radicals are more often used for shape-based [[input method]]s, comparable to {{w|Cangjie input method|Cangjie}}. In addition, not every {{tp|sitelen pona}} glyph is considered to contain a radical, and some have multiple that are considered with equal or unclear priority.

! Glyphs in {{tp|pu}} glyphs

| {{sp|jan}} {{sp|jo}} {{sp|lape}} {{sp|lawa}} {{sp|mama}} {{sp|mani}} {{sp|meli}} {{sp|mije}}{{sp|moli}} {{sp|mu}} {{sp|wawa}}

| {{sp|lanpan1}}

| {{sp|powe}} {{sp|kapesi}} {{sp|kapesi2}} {{sp|kalamARR}}

| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | {{sp|1=&#xF199CxF1C8B;}}

| {{sp|kala2}} {{sp|kijetesantakalu}} {{sp|oko}} {{sp|misa}} {{sp|misa2}} {{sp|misa3}} {{sp|misa4}} {{sp|misa5}} {{sp|misa6}} {{sp|wasoweli}} {{sp|jonke}} {{sp|kikolo}} {{sp|lokon}} {{sp|matula}} {{sp|opasan}} {{sp|owe}} {{sp|pipo}} {{sp|poni}} {{sp|silapa}} {{sp|sisi}} {{sp|sipije}} {{sp|snoweli}} {{sp|sowoli}} {{sp|sutopatikuna}} {{sp|waken}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{sp|1=<div style="transform:rotate(-0.25turn);">&#xF1939;&zwj;&#x1F5E7xF1C8D;</div>}}

| {{sp|kalama}} {{sp|pana}} {{sp|seli}} {{sp|sin}} {{sp|sona}} {{sp|toki}}

| {{sp|kokosila}} {{sp|namako1}} {{sp|namako2}} {{sp|olin2}} {{sp|majuna2}} {{sp|majuna1}} {{sp|lanpan3}} {{sp|mu2}} {{sp|isipin}} {{sp|kulijo}} {{sp|kuntu}} {{sp|linluwi2}} {{sp|usawi}} {{sp|jonke}} {{sp|omekapo}} {{sp|peta}} {{sp|tona}} {{sp|yutu}}

| {{sp|uta2}} {{sp|kuntu}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | {{sp|1=<span style="">!</span>&#xF1C99;}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{sp|1=&bigtriangleup#xF1C97;}}

| {{sp|unu}} {{sp|nalanja}} {{sp|kapesi}} {{sp|kapesi2}} {{sp|peta}} {{sp|tona}}

! colspan="2" | glyphsGlyphs notwithout inany the table above (potentially withoutaccepted radical)

! Glyph in {{tp|pu}} glyphs