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Cangjie input method

On a standard keyboard, you can enter Chinese characters using the Tsang-chieh input method.

 

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Explanation

It usually takes two, three, or four keystrokes per character. So it goes pretty quickly

The input follows the same principles as in calligraphy:
    • from left to right
    • from top to bottom
    • from outside to inside

For each part, select the appropriate component from one of the 4 groups.Those components are called “radicals”

Philosophical	Strokes	Body parts	Shapes
A  日 sun  B  月 moon  C  金 gold  D  木 wood  E  水 water  F  火 fire  G  土 earth	H  竹 bamboo  I  戈 dagger axe  J  十 ten  K  大 big  L  中 centre  M  一 one  N  弓 bow	O  人 person  P  心 hart  Q  手 hand  R  口 mouth	S  尸 corpse  T  廿 twenty  U  山 mountain  V  女 woman  W  田 field  Y  卜 fortune telling

The character is automatically constructed from its many possible components

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If you can't form a character that way, you still have 3 options

Collision	Punctuation	Wildcard
X  重 heavy     難 complex	Z	∗

 

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History This input method was developed in 1976 by Chu Bong-Foo and is named after the mythical figure Cangjie, who is considered the inventor of Chinese characters. Further development of this input method is still in full swing. Versions exist for Taiwan, China, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

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