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Chapter 5: Input Methods
Table 5-22 illustrates less-intuitive Cangjie codes, which result from the fact that some
graphic Cangjie codes can also represent simple strokes.
Less-intuitive Cangjie codesTable 5-22.
Hanzi Cangjie code—QWERTY Cangjie code—Graphic
酷
MWHGR
+ + + +
劍
OOLN
+ + +
Once you understand that 竹 can represent a downward curved stroke, 中 can represent
a vertical stroke, and 弓 can represent a stroke with an angle at the end, these examples
become more intuitive.
Figure 5-6 illustrates the Cangjie keyboard array, which illustrates the correspondence
between QWERTY Cangjie codes and their graphic counterparts.
The Cangjie keyboard arrayFigure 5-6.
e dictionary entitled 標準中文輸入碼大字典 (biāozhn zhōngwén shūrùm dà zìdin)
provides Cangjie codes for all Big Five hanzi plus the 3,049 hanzi in Hong Kong GCCS.
Mac OS X provides Cangjie as one of its many input methods for Traditional Chinese.
Zhuyin Keyboard Arrays
In order to ease the input of Chinese by reading, several keyboard arrays that include
zhuyin characters have been developed over the years. Luckily, only one of these keyboard
arrays seems to have taken on the status of being the de facto standard.
Figure 5-7 illustrates the most popular instance of a zhuyin keyboard array, which is con-
sidered ...