A '''radical''' is a recurring graphical component of a {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}. TheyThe areterm inspiratedis bytaken from {{w|Radical (Chinese characters)|radicals}} of {{w|Chinese character}}s, which dictionaries use to sort words. This comparison has been disputed; while there have been attempts to sort {{tp|sitelen pona}} glyphs by common features, there is no such <em>standard</em> sorting order, and glyphs are most often sorted alphabetically by the words' {{tp|[[sitelen Lasina]]}} spellings.