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WikiSummarizerBot t1_jb407f4 wrote

Reply to comment by stvneads in Finally, after two years … by Sl1c

Cangjie input method

>The Cangjie input method (Tsang-chieh input method, sometimes called Changjie, Cang Jie, Changjei or Chongkit) is a system for entering Chinese characters into a computer using a standard computer keyboard. In filenames and elsewhere, the name Cangjie is sometimes abbreviated as cj. The input method was invented in 1976 by Chu Bong-Foo, and named after Cangjie (Tsang-chieh), the mythological inventor of the Chinese writing system, at the suggestion of Chiang Wei-kuo, the former Defense Minister of Taiwan. Chu Bong-Foo released the patent for Cangjie in 1982, as he thought that the method should belong to Chinese cultural heritage.

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CalypsoSeaCat t1_jb3wefm wrote

Reply to comment by pogodem0n in Finally, after two years … by Sl1c

No, in general people don't. You're right, you type using hiragana, and the software on your device (pc or mobile) will bring up suggested kanji for what you typed in hiragana.

While this keyboard looks really cool, and I assume it's just for aesthetics, the kanji used for the keys doesn't make much sense (ex. Hand, Moon, Bow, Rice Field, Person, Heart, Bamboo, Woman, Divination/Katakana for 'TO').

Generally Japanese keyboards will only have hiragana (た て い す な に etc, like EN has qwerty) and you can swap between hiragana and katakana like you would swap to uppercase with caps lock. Hope that makes sense.

Good luck with your studying btw!

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pogodem0n t1_jb3toxk wrote

Reply to Finally, after two years … by Sl1c

It looks great.

By the way... I am learning Japanese and do people really type with kanji? I thought it would be either hiragana or katakana.

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Grimlogic t1_jb3rp7o wrote

Reply to Finally, after two years … by Sl1c

WoB is the exact reason I got the Moon color. The two year wait definitely killed my hype for the product though, although it's still a beautiful keyboard in the end.

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