JPH01288958A - Japanese word input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily prepare a composition matching a learning level by providing a learning level adjusting means which adjusts a character string which is converted by means of a Kana (Japanese Syllabary)-Kanji (Chinese character) converting means, and constituted of Kanji and Kana characters in accordance with the learning level. CONSTITUTION:A Kana character string inputted from an input means 1 is converted into a character string composed of Kanji and Kana characters by means of the Kana-Kanji converting means 5 by referring to a word dictionary storing means 7. When the learning level of the Kanji contained in the converted character string is higher than the learning level designated by a learning level designating means, the learning level adjusting means 6 displays a character string in which the high-level Kanji character is replaced with the original reading in a displaying means 2. Therefore, a composition can be prepared easily in accordance with a learning level.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a Japanese language input device such as a word processor.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, due to the lower prices and higher functionality of personal computers and word processors, their use has spread not only to the OA field such as offices, but also to the educational field such as schools. Computer-based education, known as computer-based education, is becoming popular.

This is not a problem when dealing with general texts such as those in the OA field, but as mentioned above, elementary school.

When personal computers are used for education in kindergartens, etc., when the teacher creates teaching materials, the Japanese sentences used in the teaching materials, that is, the strings of characters mixed with kanji and kana, are used by the kindergarten children,
It is desirable that it be created so that it can be read by the target students, such as elementary school students and second grade students.

In other words, it is desirable that the learning level of kanji that students learn at school matches.

Specifically, a material that includes the grade level to be studied regarding kanji learned in elementary school is "Dictionary of Kanji Writing for Elementary School Students" published by Gakushu Kenkyusha (8th edition published on January 21, 1985).
According to 0 dictionaries, there is ``science''.

``School'' is a kanji that students learn, and ``yomi''.

``Answer'' is a kanji that students learn in second grade, and is ``brush''.

It has been shown that ``ren'' is a kanji that four students learn.

Figure 2 shows some examples of teaching materials created with the above learning levels in mind. In other words, for the text in the same figure (al) that is used as a teaching material, ``Read and answer this question,'' when targeting kindergarten children, use the same figure (bl) ``Read and answer this question.'' If you are targeting 2nd grade elementary school students, please use ``Read and answer this question'' in the diagram (C).If you are targeting 3rd grade elementary school students, please use ``Read this question and answer the question'' in the same diagram + dl. It is preferable that the answer be something like this.

Conventional Japanese input devices using the Kana-Kanji conversion input method do not take into account the above-mentioned learning level, so when a Kana character string like the one shown in Figure 2 (a) is input, -a, the character string shown in the same figure (dl) is obtained as a conversion result. Therefore, the same figure Q) l.

(To obtain the character string C1, I input it while specifying whether or not to convert it each time by key operation.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional Japanese input device mentioned above, a learning level is not assigned to each kanji, so if you input the kana character example in Figure 2 fat and perform kana-kanji conversion, the same figure (dl sentence, that is, converted to kanji) A sentence in which all possible words were converted into kanji was obtained as the first candidate.For this reason, as shown in 21st mCb) and (cl), the kanji that have not been learned are left as kana according to the grade of the teaching material. In order to
It is necessary to check which kanji is to be learned in which grade and to specify whether or not to convert it to kanji using key operations, which makes the operation extremely complicated, takes time to input, and increases the chances of operation errors.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily create sentences that match the learning level.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a Japanese input device that converts a kana character string inputted from an input means into a character string mixed with kanji and displays the converted character string on a display means. , a word dictionary storage means that stores the notation of each kanji that makes up the word, the learning level of each kanji that makes up the word, and the reading of each kanji that makes up the word, and that can be searched using the reading of the word as a heading. a learning level specifying means for specifying a learning level of a character string containing kanji to be displayed on the display means, and converting a kana character string inputted from the input means into a character string containing kanji with reference to the word dictionary storage means. A kana-kanji conversion means refers to the word dictionary storage means, and the character string containing kanji converted by the kana-kanji conversion means includes a kanji whose learning level is higher than the learning level specified by the learning level specifying means. If there is a kanji, a learning level adjusting means is provided for displaying a character string in which the kanji is replaced with the original reading on the display means.

[For production]

The kana character string inputted from the input means is converted into a character string containing kanji by the kana-kanji conversion means. Learning level adjustment means If the character string containing kanji converted by the ephemeral kana-kanji conversion means contains a kanji with a higher learning level than the learning level specified by the learning level specifying means, the character string in which the kanji is replaced with the original reading is changed. Display on display means.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. , a learning level adjustment means 6, and a word dictionary storage means 7.

Input means 1 is for inputting kana character strings, for example, JI
The 0 display means 2, which can be realized by an S keyboard or the like, presents the input kana character string or character string after conversion to kanji to the user, and can be realized by, for example, a CRT display. The learning level designation means 4 designates the target grade for which the teaching material is to be used, such as kindergarten children, elementary school students, etc., and can be realized by, for example, a JIS keyboard. The kana-kanji conversion means 5 converts a kana character string manually inputted from the input means 1 into a character string containing kanji and kana, and is a known type realized in a general word processor. A learning level adjusting means 6 converts the kanji-kana mixed character string obtained by the ephemeral kana-kanji converting means 5 into the original reading (hiragana) so as to match the learning level specified by the learning level specifying means 4. . As partially shown in FIG. 3, the word dictionary storage means 7 learns at least the pronunciation 20 of a word, the spelling 21 of the word, each kanji 22 constituting the word, and each kanji constituting the word. It includes 23 learning levels indicating the grade level, and 4 readings of each kanji that make up the word.
It is configured such that information such as the spelling 21 of the word can be obtained using the pronunciation 20 of the word as a heading, and is used by the kana-kanji conversion means 5 and the learning level adjustment means 6.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

Now, for example, let's take a look at Figure 2 (
When creating C1 "Read and answer this question," the user first inputs the learning level information "2" from the learning level specifying means 4, which indicates that the teaching material is to be created for second grade elementary school students. Then, from the input means 1, the kana character string ``Please read and answer this question'' shown in FIG. 3(a) is input.

When a kana character string is input from the input means 1, the control means 3
displays the input kana character string on the display means 2 and sends the input kana character string to the kana-kanji conversion means 5,
Instructs to convert to a string containing kanji. When the kana-kanji conversion means 5 receives the above instruction, the word dictionary storage means 7
Convert a kana string to a kanji string while referring to . This conversion process is realized in a general word processor and is well known, so its explanation will be omitted. The kana-kanji conversion means 5 converts the kana character string inputted from the input means 1 into a kanji-mixed character string, and converts the converted kanji-mixed character string and each word included in this kanji-mixed character string. The address in the word dictionary storage means 7 is added to the control means 3. Now, it is assumed that a character string containing kanji and kanji as shown in FIG. 2 (dl) is obtained as a conversion result of the kana-kanji conversion means 5.

When the control means 3 adds the character string containing kanji and the address of each word in the character string containing kanji as shown in FIG. Add the word address and the learning level information "2" input from the learning level specifying means 4, and change the character string containing kanji to match the learning level "2", that is, the learning level of second grade elementary school students. Instruct to make adjustments.

The learning level adjustment means 6 has learning level information "2".

When the kanji-mixed character string and the address of each word in the kanji-mixed character string shown in FIG. The kanji included are at the learning level.
If there is a kanji that has a learning level value higher than the designated learning level ``2,'' then change that kanji to its original reading (hiragana). ). Therefore, in this example, the following processing is performed. First, the string of characters mixed with kanji shown in Figure 2+d+ "Read and answer this question"
The learning level values of the first word "question" are compared with reference to the word dictionary storage means 7. As can be seen from FIG. 3, the learning level of the kanji "ma" is "3", which is higher than the learning level "2" specified by the learning level specifying means 4, so the reading 24 of the kanji in the word dictionary storage means 7 is selected. It is read with reference and replaced with ``mon''. Similarly, the kanji ``title'' is also replaced with the reading ``dai''. Next, the learning levels of the word ``read'' are compared. In this case, the learning level of the kanji "yomi" in the word "reading" is "2", which is equal to the learning level "2" specified by the learning level specifying means 4, so no replacement is performed. Next, the learning levels of the word "answer" are compared.

In this case as well, the learning level of the kanji "answer" is "2", and the learning level specified by the learning level specifying means 4 is "2".
Since it is equal to , no replacement is performed.

Through the above processing, as shown in Figure 2 (dl kanji mixed character string "
"Read and answer this question" is the kanji for "problem"
is replaced with ``Mondai'', and the character string mixed with kanji in Figure 2 (C1, ``Read and answer this Mondai'') is obtained.

The learning level adjustment means 6 is for the second grade elementary school student level in Figure 2 (C
) is obtained, it is added to the control means 3, and the control means 3 causes the display means 2 to display the added character string containing kanji.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the present invention, if a character string containing kanji converted by the kana-kanji conversion means contains a kanji whose learning level is higher than the learning level specified by the learning level specifying means, the kanji is converted into the original character string. Since it is equipped with a learning level adjustment means that replaces the reading of This makes it possible to create teaching materials using only kanji that have been used in the past. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to check which kanji to learn in which grade, or to specify whether to convert it to kanji by key operation. This has the effect of reducing

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a teaching material, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a part of the stored contents of the word dictionary storage means 7. In the figure, 1... input means, 2... display means, 3
. . . Control means, 4. Learning level designation means, 5.
・Kana-kanji conversion means, 6...Learning level adjustment means, 7
...Word dictionary storage means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a Japanese input device that converts a kana character string input from an input means into a character string mixed with kanji and displays it on a display means, a word dictionary storage means that stores the notation of each kanji that makes up the word, the learning level of each kanji that makes up the word, and the reading of each kanji that makes up the word, and that can be searched using the reading of the word as a heading; a learning level specifying means for specifying a learning level of a character string containing kanji to be displayed on the means; and a kana-kanji converting means for converting a kana character string inputted from the input means into a character string containing kanji by referring to the word dictionary storage means. and, with reference to the word dictionary storage means, if the character string containing kanji converted by the kana-kanji conversion means includes a kanji whose learning level is higher than the learning level specified by the learning level specifying means, A Japanese language input device comprising: learning level adjusting means for displaying a character string in which kanji are replaced with their original pronunciations on the display means.