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Chapter 5: Input Methods
Figure 5-18 illustrates the Kong keyboard array. Note the position of the numerals, specif-
ically in the shi state of the second and third banks. Also note that some hangul elements
are repeated. is is because they are to distinguish between initial and nal instances.
The Kong keyboard arrayFigure 5-18.
e Kong array is named aer its inventor and is sometimes called the ree-Set Final
keyboard array, which is expressed as (sebeolsik choejong) in Korean.
Latin Keyboard Arrays for CJKV Input
Keyboard arrays appearing in this section make use of Latin characters rather than ka-
na—there are a smaller number of Latin characters than kana, and these keyboard designs
take advantage of that fact. ese are unlike the QWERTY and Dvorak keyboard arrays in
that they are optimized for Japanese input.
M-style array
Developed by NEC in the early 1980s, the M-style array (M emu shiki hairetsu)
denes not only a keyboard, but also a new Japanese input method. e “M” in the name
of this keyboard array comes from the last name of its designer, Masasuke Morita (
morita masasuke), a senior engineer at NEC. He has even written two books about this
keyboard array and input method. I had a chance to try out the M-style ...