笔画检字法 bǐhuàjiǎnzìfǎ stroke index system Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 笔画 筆畫 bǐhuà stroke count the total number of strokes in a Chinese character检字法 檢字法 jiǎnzìfǎ character-indexing system Any method used to organize and look up characters in a dictionary or index, such as by radical, phonetic order, or the four-corner system