JPS58191025A - Input system of phonetic chinese character - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate an input of Chinese language, by pushing the keyboards corresponding to characters of initials and finals to display both Chinese characters, performing a conversion to display the Chinese characters corresponding to the initials and finals and continuing the conversion until a desired Chinese character is displayed. CONSTITUTION:Keys 50 showing 21 kinds of phonetic Chinese characters showing initials and 35 kinds of phonetic Chinese characters showing finals are provided to the lst-3rd stages along with input mode keys 10-12, a space key 13, a conversion key 14 and a control key respectively. In addition the 1st 4th voice keys 21-24 are provided. For instance, ''KYU'' (nine) is fed. In this case, a phonetic Chinese character ''KI'' (basement) of the initials and the voice key 21 are pushed at one time to display the finals. Then a key 4 displaying a phonetic Chinese character of finals is pushed to display the ''KI'' and a phonetic Chinese character of the finals of the ''KI''. Then the key 14 is pushed to display the ''KYU''. When homonyms of the ''KYU'' exist, the key 14 is pushed again to display the next Chinese character. Thus all Chinese characters can be fed easily with combinations of finals and initials.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system that allows local people to input Chinese characters of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "China") onto a package using a keyboard.

(b) Technology background In China, it is said that there are over 100 types of kanji input methods, but in the book ``Kanji Information Processing'', the representative kanji input methods in China are the kanji decomposition method, the double sound method, and the kanji input method. Input methods are classified into two types: kanji decomposition method and parallel sound input method.

The kanji decomposition method breaks down a kanji into its constituent elements.
Enter each decomposed element to obtain the desired kanji. However, the methods of analysis and decomposition vary from person to person, and they differ in all aspects, such as how they understand the structure of kanji and how they are encoded. As a result, the same kanji is broken down into different forms depending on the method of each manufacturer, resulting in a lack of versatility.

In China, there is a Chinese-style romaji notation that is similar to the Japanese romaji notation or the phonetic symbols in the English-Japanese dictionary. The parallel phonetic input method uses phonetic characters (t
It is based on reading manually using #sound). However, the reality is that this is not common among the Chinese masses, and it lacks reality. In other words, in China, it is common to memorize basic kanji and then use the readings of these basic kanji to express complex kanji readings. In the early stages of kanji education, in order to memorize the basic and minimum necessary readings of kanji, it is unavoidable to use juxtapositions combined with romaji, but children end up memorizing the basic readings of kanji. Usually, people forget the conjugation. Therefore, even if you can read the kanji you want to input, it is almost impossible to express it in junon, and you have to look up the kanji that corresponds to the kanji in a dictionary before inputting it. It is inappropriate to enter it. In addition, it is difficult to input data in I11 units, which reduces work efficiency.

The folding method uses both the three-way input method of character shape and character sound, and the double sound input method for one kanji. As mentioned above, in the Kanji decomposition method, the decomposition rules are complicated, the codes are long, and it is easy to make mistakes, so speech information is used as information to supplement this, but the operation is complicated.

(d1 Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate such drawbacks in various conventional Chinese character input methods, and is developed based on the parallel input method. It can be called a kanji input method.

(e) Structure of the Invention In order to achieve this object, the present invention combines the input of a kanji representing a voice initial and the input of a kanji representing an aunt, converting the input into a kanji corresponding to the reading of the voice initial and aunt. In this method, each letter key on the keyboard corresponds to each initial kanji and each aunt kanji, and the corresponding initial kanji and aunt kanji correspond to other initials and aunts that have the same sound. By pressing the letter key for the voice initial, the kanji for voice initial 4- is displayed, and by operating the letter key for aunt, the kanji for aunt is displayed, and by adding a conversion operation, the kanji that corresponds to the reading of the voice initial and aunt are displayed. If the desired kanji does not appear at first, repeat the conversion operation so that kanji with the same pronunciation are displayed one after another, and then use a combination of the voice initial input operation and the aunt input operation, as well as the conversion operation to convert any kanji. The structure is designed to allow for expression.

(f1 Embodiment of the Invention Next, an embodiment of the double-sound kanji input method according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 shows an example of the keyboard of the input device, and the left keys 10, 11, and The key 21 in front of the center is the first voice key, the key 22 is the second voice key, the key 23 is the third voice key, and the key 24 is the fourth voice key.Key 13. 14 are a space key and a conversion key, respectively.Other keys 30 on which control characters are displayed are control keys for instructing control operations corresponding to the characters displayed on the respective key tops.

5- Most of the keys 40 in the fourth row are numeric keys.

The remaining keys, that is, the other keys 50 from the first row to the third row, are letter keys. This keyboard has a key arrangement similar to that of an English typewriter, with the second row being the home position where the fingers of the left and right hands are always placed, and the line 60 in the center indicating the keys to be assigned to the left hand. This is written for convenience in order to distinguish the keys that should be shared with the right hand.

Typically, this keyboard is used interactively in conjunction with a display device. For example, using this keyboard:
If you want to input the kanji ``sen'', use the keys in the following order.

1. Press the ■ key of the 50 letter keys to select the initial of the voice.
Enter "Poetry". The display then shows the kanji for the first word, ``Ushi''.

2.Next, press the ■ key on the letter key to input the kanji for aunt, ``Seki'', and the display will display the kanji for ``fable'' after the kanji for ``utai'', and the entire text will be displayed. "Pride" 6--- is displayed as "pride".

3. Finally, press key 14 to perform the conversion operation, and the kanji that corresponds to the input voice initial ``uta'' and the aunt ``crow'' will be displayed.
The text will be converted into the text ``Theory'' and displayed on the display. The conversion operation is performed using the conversion key 14 on the illustrated keyboard.
Alternatively, the conversion can be made by simultaneously pressing the tone key of ■ and any one of the letter keys 50 on the left side of the center line 60.

In this way, basic Chinese characters that everyone knows in China can be used to input the pronunciations of the initials and aunts, and the combination of the initials and aunts can be converted into the corresponding kanji and displayed.

As will be explained next, using this method, all Chinese characters can be input. In Chinese, each character is 1
expressed in syllables. A single syllable of a kanji can be divided into two parts: a ``voice'' (corresponding to a consonant in Japanese) and an ``oba'' (a vowel in Japanese); therefore, a kanji can be expressed by combining the ``vowel'' and the ``hakuba.'' is possible. The initial is 7 at the beginning of a syllable. Table 1. Voice initials (21 types) Note 2 phonetic kanji and 0. Only the marked locations are used as representative and are applied to Tables 1 and 2.

Next, the aunt comes right after the voice mother.

Table 1 is a list of phonetic initials. The Chinese-style romanized notation listed in the right column is called ``junon,'' and the Taiwanese-style phonetic notation listed in the center column is called ``junji.'' Then, the kanji with the readings corresponding to junon and konjaku are listed in the left column.
Each is shown representatively.

Table 2 is a list showing aunts, and the kanji readings corresponding to the jujunon listed in the right column and the ancient times listed in the center column are displayed in the left column. Note that the kanji in the left column of Tables 1 and 2 are called junon kanji. In the column for parallel kanji, as mentioned above, we have assigned the most basic and familiar kanji that we learned during our early kanji education. Good. Therefore, the representative kanji listed in the kanji column is an example.
If you have a more common kanji other than these, you can replace it with a kanji from the same reading column (it is best to use the most well-known kanji.

Using the initials and aunts in Tables 1 and 2, a 10-matrix combination as shown in Figure 2 can be made. The kanji kanji in the vertical column on the left are the kanji characters, and the kanji kanji in the horizontal row above are the kanji kanji kanji characters. Among each combination, a 0 mark indicates that there is a combination of a vocal mother and an aunt, and a / mark indicates that there is no corresponding combination.

In this way, by inputting the initial and then inputting the aunt, it is possible to convert it into any Chinese character and display or input it on the display. For example, as in the example above, the kanji ``setsu'' can be obtained by combining the kanji ``shi'' and the kanji ``tsu'', and the kanji ``setsu'' can be obtained by combining the kanji ``ki'' and the aunt ``makura''. You can get the kanji ``nine''.

The operation for inputting double-sound Chinese characters according to the present invention using the keyboard shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. Each letter key on this keyboard is assigned three characters, and when only the letter key is pressed, the kanji displayed on the lower row (voice base or aunt) is input and displayed, and the tone is changed as described above. When the keys 21 to 24 are pressed at the same time, the kanji (phonetic or aunt) displayed on the upper row is input. In order to input the Roman letters displayed on the front of the keys, it is sufficient to press the input mode key 10 labeled "Alphabet" and then input, as in various known devices.

When inputting the above-mentioned kanji ``nine'', first press the input mode key 11 to specify the double-sound kanji input method according to the present invention. There is no need to perform this operation again as long as you continue inputting kanji with parallel sounds.

First, enter the phonetic kanji ``base'' for the initial, but since this kanji is displayed above the letter key,
By simultaneously pressing the letter key and the tone key 21 or 23 of ■, on which the kanji character ``Ki'' with the initials is displayed, only the initials are input and the kanji ``Ki'' is displayed. Next, press the ■ letter key on which the double sound kanji for ``ho'' is displayed, and the aunt ``dai'' will be displayed next to ``ki'' on the screen. After confirming that the initial and aunt inputs are correct based on this screen display, when you press the conversion key 14, the kanji "
If there are multiple homonyms corresponding to the pronunciations of the voice initial ``Ki'' and the aunt ``Makura,'' press the conversion key 14 again and the next kanji will be displayed. . By repeating the conversion operation in this way, kanji with the same reading are displayed one after another, so it is only necessary to press the conversion key many times until the desired kanji appears on the display screen.

For example, there are some kanji characters such as ``Kaname'' that consist only of the word ``aunt''. Just that is enough. Therefore, a kanji consisting only of aunts can be entered with just two touches.

Next, it is also easy to enter words in units of words. For example, when inputting the word "China", (1) "Chi"
Press the ■ key with the initial voice displayed to display ``Chi'' on the display.

(2) rJIi When you press the ■ key on which the aunt named J is displayed, "Chidoro" is displayed on the screen.

13- (3) If a tone is required, press the tone key 21 for the first voice, and "Chi601J" will be displayed on the screen.

(4) To enter the initial voice of the kanji ``country'', use ■ and the second
When the voice tone key 22 or the fourth voice tone key 24 is pressed simultaneously to input the reading ``嵜'', ``Chimushi 01 volume'' is displayed on the screen.

(5) To input the kanji for country, lead tan, press the ■ key and input the reading ``kai'', and the screen will display 4 sei otig,, +.

(6) When the conversion key 14 is pressed -, the words are converted word by word and "China" is displayed on the screen.

Note that it is also possible to input without specifying the tone, and in devices that do not require tone specification, the conversion operation can be made easier by using any of the tone keys as the conversion key.

In addition to the kanji for voice mother and aunt, the keyboard in the illustrated example also has the corresponding kanji (Chinese-style Roman alphabet notation) and Ōguchi (Taiwanese-style phonetic notation), so it is easy to read the kanji characters like Japanese. For those who find it easier to understand Chinese-style romaji notation than kanji,
It is possible to input by looking at the consonants, and Taiwanese people can also input by looking at the past.

((Trans) Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the double-sounding kanji of the vocal initial and the double-sounding kanji of the aunt are respectively displayed on each letter key of the keyboard, and the kanji that you want to input is displayed as the double-sounding kanji of the vocal initial. The method is to input the characters by combining them with the double sound kanji for "aunt".Therefore, by using the kanji that is most familiar to Chinese people as the double sound kanji, it is possible to use the Chinese-style romanization system, which is the double sound kanji. This allows you to input the pronunciation of the kanji you want to input using parallel kanji, which everyone is familiar with in China, without having to read the kanji that are familiar and intuitively understood. You can input kanji quickly.Also, since you can input word units, the number of homophones is greatly reduced and input errors are reduced.Furthermore, you only need to touch the key three times for each kanji, so it is easier to operate the keys. is also highly efficient.

In addition, for kanji that cannot be read, they are searched by indexing by radical or number of strokes, similar to the Japanese system.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the double-sound kanji input method according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a keyboard, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a combination of a double-sound kanji for a voice initial and a double-sound kanji for an aunt. In the figure, 10 to 12 are input mode keys, 14 is a conversion key, 21 to 24 are tone keys, 40 is a number key, and 50 is a letter key.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A method of inputting a kanji character representing a vocal initial and a kanji representing an aunt, converting the input into a kanji corresponding to the pronunciation of the vocal initial and aunt, and inputting the kanji that corresponds to the pronunciation of the vocal initial and aunt. In addition to making each voice initial kanji correspond to each voice initial kanji and each aunt kanji, we also make the voice initial kanji and aunt kanji corresponding to each letter key represent other voice initials and aunts that have the same sound, and by operating the voice initial letter key, we can change the voice initial kanji. , and by pressing the aunt's letter key to display the kanji of the aunt, and adding a conversion operation, the kanji corresponding to the voice initial and the reading of the aunt are displayed, and if the desired kanji does not appear at first, the conversion is performed. By repeating the operation, kanji with the same pronunciation are displayed one after another, and by combining the input operation of the voice initial and the input operation of the aunt, as well as the conversion operation, it is possible to express any kanji. Input method.