QUICK START GUIDE – GRAMMAR TERMS
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CHARACTER COMPONENT PATTERNS
OVERVIEW
Characters consist of one or more components, each of which is either a character, a radical (character) or a stroke. Each character’s components can be arranged in one of the patterns shown in the list below.
NOTE – Our list deviates from the Unicode Ideographic Description Sequences, which has 12 component patterns. We’ve added 4 additional patterns that we think may provide more complete coverage of patterns not included in the Unicode list.
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COMPONENT PATTERN LIST
| PATTERN | DESC | EXAMPLES | UNICODE |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2 COMPONENTS: 1 LEFT - 1 RIGHT | 明 | U+2FF0 |
 | 3 COMPONENTS: 1 LEFT - 1 MIDDLE - 1 RIGHT | 擞 | U+2FF2 |
 | 3 COMPONENTS: 2 LEFT - 1 RIGHT | 劼 | - |
 | 3 COMPONENTS: 1 LEFT - 2 RIGHT | 接 | - |
 | 2 COMPONENTS: 1 TOP - 1 BOTTOM | 昔 | U+2FF1 |
 | 3 COMPONENTS: 1 TOP - 1 MIDDLE - 1 BOTTOM | 莝 | U+2FF3 |
 | 3 COMPONENTS: 2 TOP - 1 BOTTOM | 望 | - |
 | 3 COMPONENTS: 1 TOP - 2 BOTTOM | 俞 | - |
 | 4 COMPONENTS: 2 TOP - 2 BOTTOM | - | |
 | 2 COMPONENTS: 1 INSIDE ANOTHER - CENTER | 回 | U+2FF4 |
 | 2 COMPONENTS: 1 INSIDE ANOTHER - MIDDLE BOTTOM | 囧 | U+2FF5 |
 | 2 COMPONENTS: 1 INSIDE ANOTHER - MIDDLE TOP | U+2FF6 | |
 | 2 COMPONENTS: 1 INSIDE ANOTHER - LEFT BOTTOM | U+2FF9 | |
 | 2 COMPONENTS: 1 INSIDE ANOTHER - RIGHT BOTTOM | U+2FF8 | |
 | 2 COMPONENTS: 1 INSIDE ANOTHER - LEFT MIDDLE | U+2FF7 | |
 | 2 COMPONENTS: 1 INSIDE ANOTHER - RIGHT MIDDLE | 区 | - |
 | 2 COMPONENTS: 1 INSIDE ANOTHER - RIGHT TOP | U+2FFA | |
 | 2 COMPONENTS: 1 INSIDE ANOTHER - LEFT TOP | - | |
 | 2 COMPONENTS: 1 OVERLAID ANOTHER | U+2FFB | |
 | 1 COMPONENT | 月 | - |
