WO2006104322A1

WO2006104322A1 - Method for inputting chinese characters using chinese alphabet and system for performing the same

Info

Publication number: WO2006104322A1
Application number: PCT/KR2006/000994
Authority: WO
Inventors: In Ki Park
Original assignee: In Ki Park
Priority date: 2005-03-31
Filing date: 2006-03-17
Publication date: 2006-10-05
Also published as: KR20060104743A; KR100643856B1; JP2008546045A

Abstract

Provided are a method for inputting Chinese characters and a Chinese character input system for performing the same. The method for inputting Chinese characters on an information communication terminal including a keyboard assigned character strokes constituting the Chinese characters includes: the steps of decomposing a Chinese character to be input into character strokes; and sequentially selecting the character strokes assigned to the keyboard according to a stroke order. The Chinese character input system for performing the method for inputting Chinese characters includes: a key input unit including a keyboard assigned character strokes constituting Chinese characters, and generating and outputting a key data signal corresponding to a specific key when a user presses the key; a character generation controller for receiving the key data signal from the key input unit to control input and display of a Chinese character that the user desires to input; and a display unit for receiving the key data signal output by the key input unit and a control signal output by the character generation controller and displaying the Chinese character selected by the input key.

Description

METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHINESE CHARACTERS USING CHINESE ALPHABET AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE

SAME

Technical Field

[1] The present invention relates to a method for inputting Chinese characters on a computer or the like, and more particularly, to a method for inputting Chinese characters and a Chinese character input system for performing the same which are capable of easily inputting Chinese characters according to a stroke order using twenty-eight Chinese character strokes.

[2]

Background Art

[3] In a conventional Chinese character dictionary or the like, methods for looking up

Chinese characters according to a radical, a pronunciation, and a total stroke count can be used to look up desired Chinese characters. Among them, the radical-based look-up method includes a process of identifying a radical of a Chinese character, a process of calculating a stroke count of the radical, a process of looking up the radical in a radical index, a process of calculating a stroke count of the rest of the character excluding the radical, and a process of looking up the Chinese character. The radical-based look-up method requires much time to learn radicals. In addition, even a person skilled in Chinese characters cannot easily identify all radicals.

[4] Further, in the pronunciation-based look-up method, Chinese characters are looked up according to their pronunciation. However, when a user does not know a Chinese character, he/she likely also does not know a pronunciation of the Chinese character, and thus the pronunciation-based look-up method is inconvenient to actually use. The total stroke count-based look-up method groups all Chinese characters according to a stroke count, between 1 and 64 strokes. This method, however, requires considerable look-up time because there are too many characters belonging to each stroke count.

[5] As described above, the conventional methods require much time and effort to look up Chinese characters. In addition, inputting Chinese characters using an information communication terminal, such as a computer, is more difficult due to such complex look-up methods and a problem associated with Chinese characters themselves.

[6] In inputting characters using a modern information communication terminal such as a widely-used computer, a keyboard performs very important functions. For example, consonants and vowels of Hangul (the Korean alphabet) are laid out on a computer keyboard so that Hangul may be input, and all letters of Hangul can be input through keys, extension keys, and the like of the keyboard. Similarly, English words can be input by sequentially pressing keys corresponding to letters of the English alphabet.

[7] However, it is very difficult to input the Chinese characters using an information communication terminal such as a computer since Chinese characters are logograms. While the number of Chinese characters is theoretically infinite, the number of Chinese characters formally designated in China is about seven thousand, and an input method for efficiently inputting such a large number of Chinese characters has not yet been developed.

[8] A conventional Chinese character input method includes a a "hanyu pinyin" technique used in China. This refers to a technique of inputting Chinese pronunciation in the Roman alphabet and then converting the Roman letters into Chinese characters. This technique is most widely used in the Chinese mainland and when foreigners learn Chinese. In addition, there is a "zhuyin fuhao" technique used in Taiwan. This is a technique of inputting zhuyin fuhao corresponding to a Chinese pronunciation symbol and selecting a desired character from among several displayed Chinese characters. However, it is difficult to learn zhuyin fuhao and thus use of the "hanyu pinyin"technique is also suggested in Taiwan. A Chinese character input method used in Japan is similar to the method used in China.

[9] With the pinyin input method and the zhuyin fuhao-based input method, a number of Chinese characters consistent with input pinyin or zhuyin appear on a computer screen, and a user can input a desired one of the displayed Chinese characters by using a mouse, directional keys, an enter key, and the like. However, such techniques involve a process that is too complex and require too much time.

[10] Such limitations of characters lead to problems in laying out characters on a computer keyboard. Moreover, even if a keyboard has a good layout, relatively lengthy input methods degrade competitiveness in the information age. While a country's competitiveness is not solely determined by such factors, it can be improved if the input method enables faster production of documents or transmission of short messages using an information communication terminal.

[H]

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem

[12] It is an objective of the present invention to provide a method for inputting Chinese characters and a Chinese character input system for performing the same which are capable of inputting Chinese characters through decomposed character strokes using a computer keyboard, in Chinese character-using countries such as Korea and China.

[13] Technical Solution

[14] Chinese characters have a structural problem upon implementation because they are too many, unlike Hangul and the English alphabet. Even though Chinese characters have such a problem, implementation of an independent input technique on a screen like Hangul and the English alphabet is an object of the present invention. A combination type technique is the only solution. Current Chinese character input methods are based on selection of completion type Chinese characters which have been completed already and thus enable input of Chinese characters while viewing a screen. The present invention is based on a combination type technique and thus enables input of Chinese characters while viewing only a document without dependence on a screen.

[15] According to the present invention, Chinese characters themselves can be represented in a Chinese character alphabet combination format. This enables input of Chinese characters as combination type characters, and provides a method for inputting Chinese characters and a Chinese character input system for performing the same which are more efficient than conventional Chinese character input techniques.

[16] A first aspect of the present invention provides a method for inputting Chinese characters on an information communication terminal including a keyboard assigned a plurality of character strokes constituting the Chinese characters, the method comprising the steps of: decomposing a Chinese character to be input into character strokes; and sequentially selecting the character strokes assigned to the keyboard according to a stroke order.

[17] The method may further comprise pressing keys corresponding to character strokes of the Chinese character to be input at least once; creating a list window in which all Chinese characters beginning with the input character stroke are arranged according to a Chinese character alphabet arrangement method; and selecting the desired Chinese character from the Chinese characters arranged in the list window. The step of creating the list window may comprise the step of creating a frequency window in which a predetermined number of Chinese characters having a high frequency are arranged, together with the list window. When keys assigned a predetermined number of Chinese characters having a higher frequency are pressed together with a function key, a corresponding Chinese character may be input at once instead of spelled out with character strokes.

[18] A second aspect of the present invention provides a Chinese character input system for performing the method for inputting Chinese characters of one of claims 1 to 6, the system comprising: a key input unit including a keyboard assigned character strokes constituting Chinese characters, and generating and outputting a key data signal corresponding to a specific key when a user presses the key; a character generation controller for receiving the key data signal from the key input unit to control input and display of a Chinese character that the user desires to input; and a display unit for receiving the key data signal output by the key input unit and a control signal output by the character generation controller and displaying the Chinese character selected by the input key.

[19]

Advantageous Effects

[20] As described above, the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method has a simple basic principle so that anyone can easily learn, and provides sufficient indexing capability for Chinese characters with only a short learning process. Accordingly, anyone can accurately look up a Chinese character with a recognized character stroke count according to the stroke order while viewing the Chinese character, without knowing a radical, a pronunciation, or a total stroke count, by using the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method instead of an inconvenient Chinese character look-up method which significantly depends on radicals, pronunciations, or a total stroke indexing method.

[21] Further, in the method for inputting Chinese characters and the system for inputting

Chinese characters based on such a Chinese character alphabet arrangement method, Chinese characters are decomposed according to character strokes and assigned to the keyboard. Thus, anyone can easily input Chinese characters using a computer at a much higher speed than by other methods. In addition, because Chinese characters are spelled out by stoke, even a blind person can type them as long as he/she knows the exact stroke order.

[22]

Brief Description of the Drawings

[23] The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by describing in detail preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings in which:

[24] FIG. 1 illustrates Chinese character radicals used in China arranged in order according to a Chinese character alphabet arrangement method;

[25] FIG. 2 illustrates Chinese character radicals used in Japan arranged in order according to a Chinese character alphabet arrangement method;

[26] FIG. 3 illustrates a keyboard layout arranged to perform a method for inputting

Chinese characters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

[27] FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate a keyboard layout arranged to perform a method for inputting Chinese characters according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention; [28] FlG. 6 illustrates a Chinese character list window in a method for inputting Chinese characters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

[29] FlG. 7 illustrates a Chinese character frequency window in a method for inputting

[30] FlG. 8 illustrates an example in which a list window according to a second input method and a frequency window according to a third input method are used together in a method for inputting Chinese characters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and

[31] FlG. 9 is a block diagram of a Chinese character input system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[32]

Mode for the Invention

[33] Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[34] A Chinese character alphabet arrangement method will first be described.

[35] The Chinese character alphabet arrangement method analyzes traditional Chinese characters of Korea or Taiwan, simplified characters of Japan, and the simplified Chinese characters of China, classifies all strokes of the characters into twenty-eight groups, and assigns an order to the twenty-eight character strokes in order to arrange all Chinese characters.

[36] Among the twenty-eight character strokes, eighteen character strokes can be used as the first stroke in writing Chinese characters, and ten other character strokes can be used as remaining strokes excluding the first stroke. The use of the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method can significantly simplify Chinese character classification using 214 radicals into twenty-eight character stroke classification.

[37] The twenty-eight character strokes according to the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method are as follows:

[38] Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example, jf, and so on.

[39]

is character stroke is used as the third stroke of -JT and the second stroke of lX. [40] (3)

is character stroke is used as the third stroke of ^ and $|. [41] (4)

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example, EL, ^, K and so on. [42] (5)

1

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example, ^1, 71,

5$ and so on. This character stroke is used as the sixth stroke of SP and the fifth stroke of jt. [43] (6)

^"L

: This character stroke is used as the fifth stroke of %. and the fourth stroke of %. [44] (7)

: This character stroke is used as the second stroke of including a simplified Chinese character

of a . [45] (8)

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example ^~f, 3£, fit, Bl and so on. [46] (9) ZJ: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example

ZJ. This character stroke is used as the third stroke of ^. [47] (10)

^~b

: A Chinese character beginning with this character stroke includes for example Jb. This character stroke is used as the fifth stroke of

[48] (11)

I

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example $j, $t, Wi and so on. This character stroke is used as the sixth stroke of ffl. [49] (12)

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example fH and so on. [50] (13)

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example P , H ,

1^1, ill, lh and so on. [51] (14)

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example JHf, # and so on. [52] (15)

: This character stroke is used as the sixth stroke of Jt and the fifth stroke of 5L. [53] (16)

: This character stroke is used as the second stroke of Mi- [54] (17)

J

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example 7jC, -Φ and so on. [55] (18)

)

: This character stroke is used as the second stroke of $E and $ξ. [56] (19)

\

: This character stroke is used as the fourth stroke of ^C. [57] (20)

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example ψ, If, JT and so on. [58] (21)

/

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example 4_% Yϊ, &, 3£ and so on. [59] (22)

L

: An example of a Chinese character beginning with this character is #. This character stroke is used as the second stroke of S and the sixth stroke of ^k. [60] (23)

<

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example D, $., $& and so on. [61] (24)

J

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example M , Λ, jl[ and so on. [62] (25)

: This character stroke is used as the second stroke of A and ^. [63] (26)

: This character stroke is used as the fourth stroke of ft and the fifth stroke of K. [64] (27)

inese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example -4_% $fe, nd so on.

[65] 28) r

: Chinese characters beginning with this character stroke include for example >L\ I=I , JUL and so on.

[66] Among the above strokes, (2), (3), (6), (7), (15), (16), (18), (19), (25), and (26) are used only as the second or a later stroke when writing Chinese characters.

[67] A method for arranging all Chinese characters in order using a total of twenty-eight strokes is as follows. First, a total of eighteen groups are created by classifying the Chinese characters depending on which of the twenty-eight elementary strokes is used as the first stroke. The eighteen groups are arranged in the above-described order. The Chinese characters belonging to each group are further classified into subgroups depending on the second stroke. These subgroups depending on the second stroke are arranged in the above-described character stroke order. The Chinese characters belonging to the subgroups depending on the second stroke are further classified depending on the third stroke, the fourth stroke, and so on. As a result, an order is established for all Chinese characters. Accordingly, the Chinese characters used in China, Korea, and Japan can be systematically arranged in order using the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method.

[68] The Chinese character radicals used in China can be arranged using the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method, as in FlG. 1. In FlG. 1, Chinese character radicals used in China are arranged according to the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method. It can be seen that all Chinese character radicals may be arranged in order according to a total of eighteen character strokes of (1), (4), (5), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (17), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (27), and (28). Similarly, Chinese character radicals used in Japan may be arranged in order using the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method, as shown in FlG. 2.

[69] The use of a conventional radical-based look-up method requires much time and may fail to yield a Chinese character due to an erroneously calculated stroke count. However, the use of the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method enables easy looking-up without consideration of a radical or stroke count, like a Korean dictionary or an English dictionary. While a conventional total stroke-based input method is difficult to use to look up Chinese characters, the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method enables quicker looking-up of Chinese characters.

[70] A method for inputting Chinese characters using the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[71] In the above-described Chinese character alphabet arrangement method, Chinese characters are decomposed according to character strokes. Accordingly, in the method for inputting Chinese characters, the Chinese characters are input according to such character strokes. That is, one character can be input by a user sequentially pressing character strokes on a keyboard in order to form a desired Chinese character. The keyboard has twenty-eight character strokes laid out like the English alphabet.

[72] The twenty-eight character strokes may be laid out at positions most convenient for typing. Further, since the English alphabet or Hangul is laid out on a total of twenty-six keys on a standard computer keyboard, strokes (2) and (3) of the twenty-eight strokes may be combined as one and strokes (10) and (11) may be combined as one in order to use a total of twenty-six keys.

[73] An example in which twenty-six character strokes are laid out on a keyboard will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 4 and 5. FlG. 3 illustrates an example of a keyboard layout for performing a method for inputting Chinese characters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate another example of a keyboard layout for performing a method for inputting Chinese characters according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

[74] Referring to FlG. 3, a total of twenty-six character strokes are sequentially laid out from left to right in a top row, a second row, and so on of the keyboard. In the keyboard shown in FlG. 3, Chinese character strokes are arranged in order. Such arrangement can be optimized according to frequency of an input Chinese character and frequency of a character stroke, and according to whether a character stroke is used as the first stroke in actual applications. FlG. 4 shows an example in which twenty-six character strokes are laid out using these criteria, and FlG. 5 shows another example. While only three examples of character stroke keyboard layouts are shown, other examples are possible depending on user convenience.

[75] There are several methods for inputting Chinese characters using a computer keyboard having Chinese character strokes which are laid out as described above. A method for inputting Chinese characters using a keyboard having a total of twenty-six character strokes will now be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8.

[76] In the first input method, character strokes of a Chinese character to be input is analyzed and then the character strokes are sequentially input in order. For example, the character strokes of the Chinese character are analyzed according to the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method, as follows:

[77] (1)

[78] (I)(I)

[79] (I)(I)(I)

[80] (1)(1)(13)

[81] (1)(13)(1)

[82]

(1)(13)(1)(13)(1)

[83] (13)(4)(l)

[84] (13)(4)(1)(1)(1)(13)(1)

[85] (1)(13)(13)(4)(1)

[86] Accordingly, when the user desires to inpu

he/she may press a key with the character stroke (1) once. Similarly, when the user desires to input , he/she may

press the key with the character stroke (1) twice successively. When the user desires to inpu , he/she may sequentially press keys with the character strokes (1), (13) and (1). Here, the user can divide the characters by pressing an enter key or a space bar after sequentially pressing the character strokes constituting the Chinese character to be input.

[87] The method for inputting Chinese characters according to the present invention is based on a combination type technique. Accordingly, when the user desires to modify an erroneously input Chinese character while inputting the Chinese character, he/she can delete the Chinese character on a stroke basis using a backspace key. For example, when the user erroneously inputs instead of /she can input by

deleting the last character stroke

with the backspace key and then inputting the character stroke [88] Further, when the user desires to input , he/she may input a character stroke after inputting

is a desired Chinese character, he/she may complete inputting by pressing the enter key or the space bar and then input a new Chinese character. In consideration of strain on the eyes, a rectangular window displaying magnified font may be provided beneath or on a cursor on the screen or at the left or right of the cursor.

[89] Theoretically, all Chinese characters can be input by using a total of 26 keys in a stroke order of each Chinese character. However, inputting Chinese characters stroke by stroke can take a long time when the character has many strokes. Accordingly, second and third input methods enabling more convenient input while basically using the stroke-based input method will be described.

[90] In the second input method, when the user presses a key corresponding to the first stroke of a Chinese character, all Chinese characters beginning with the input character stroke are arranged in an individual list window. FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a Chinese character list window according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. If the user desires to inpu and presses a key corresponding to

which is the first stroke of the Chinese character, a list window showing candidate Chinese characters appears on a computer screen, as in FIG. 6. Since the Chinese characters appearing in the list window are arranged according to the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method, the user can easily look up any Chinese character he/she desires to input even when there are many Chinese characters. For example, user can

input a Chinese character by directly pressing in the list window with the mouse. Alternatively, the user may directly press number "75" corresponding to "^" using numeric keys on the keyboard.

[91] If there are too many Chinese characters arranged according to the first stroke, different list windows each having, for example, one hundred Chinese characters may be provided. That is, the first hundred Chinese characters are first arranged and, when the user presses the "Page Down" key, the second hundred Chinese characters are then arranged. Movement to a previous page is performed by pressing the "Page Up" key. A mouse may be used by displaying a finger shape or an arrow in the list window, instead of using the "Page Up" and "Page Down" keys. Accordingly, a user can easily input a desired one among the Chinese characters arranged in the window.

[92] However, if there are too many Chinese characters corresponding to the first stroke pressed by the user, it may be difficult to look up a desired Chinese character. Accordingly, while the second input method is basically used, when the user subsequently presses the second stroke, the third stroke, or the like, Chinese characters corresponding to the second stroke, the third stroke, or the like are arranged in the list window, so that the user selects a corresponding Chinese character within a narrower range. That is, as the user presses several character strokes in order, corresponding Chinese characters are obtained and arranged in the list window, such that the user can more easily look up a Chinese character he/she desires to input.

[93] The third input method uses a frequency window created by extracting frequently used Chinese characters in advance and arranging the extracted Chinese characters according to the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method. The third input method will be described with reference to FlG. 7.

[94] FlG. 7 illustrates an example of a Chinese character frequency window in a method for inputting Chinese characters according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. A frequency window is obtained by extracting a predetermined number of Chinese characters that are most frequently used in one country, e.g., China, in advance and arranging the extracted Chinese characters using the Chinese character alphabet arrangement method. Accordingly, when the user desires to input a Chinese character, he/she can input the Chinese character with one click of a mouse using the frequency window.

[95] While two hundred Chinese characters frequently used in China are arranged in the frequency window in FlG. 7, the number of the Chinese characters can be changed to one hundred or three hundred by a user. The two-hundred Chinese characters arranged in FlG. 6 may be classified into eighteen groups according to the first stroke. In each group, the first Chinese character may be indicated in boldface so that the user easily looks up a desired Chinese character.

[96] One of the first input methods, the second input method and the third input method described above may be selected and used as the user desires in a Chinese character input system for performing a method for inputting Chinese characters. Two of the methods may be used together. FlG. 8 illustrates an example in which a list window according to the second input method and a frequency window according to the third input method are used together.

[97] Of course, a variant of the embodiment in which the first input method, the second input method or the third input method is used in connection with function keys such as a Shift key and a Ctrl key of a keyboard is possible. For example, as a function key can be used to expand a consonant originally assigned to a key when a double consonant of Hangul is to be input, Chinese characters having a high frequency as well as the twenty-six character strokes are assigned to the keyboard, such that when such a key is pressed together with the function key, the Chinese character is input at once instead of spelled out using character strokes.

[98] A Chinese character input system for performing the method for inputting Chinese characters will now be described with reference to FlG. 9.

[99] FlG. 9 is a block diagram of a Chinese character input system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The Chinese character input system 100 includes a key input unit 102, a character generation controller 104, and a display unit 106. The key input unit 102 includes a number of keys assigned predetermined Chinese character strokes, e.g., twenty-six Chinese character strokes. When a user presses a specific key, the key input unit 102 generates corresponding key data and outputs the key data to the character generation controller 104. The Character generation controller 104 serves to control general operation of the Chinese character input system. The display unit 106 receives the key data generated by the key input unit 102 and information signals generated by the character generation controller 104 to perform display.

[100] That is, as in the method for inputting Chinese characters, when the user presses any keys of the key input unit 102, the key input unit 102 generates a signal corresponding to each key, the character generation controller 104 controls display and input of the character according to each input method, and the display unit 106 displays the Chinese character selected by the input key.

[101] The key input unit 102 of the Chinese character input system 100 can be made of a keyboard according to the several arrangement techniques described above with reference to FIGS. 3, 4 and 5. The display unit 106 may be implemented by a liquid crystal display (LCD), a monitor, or the like.

[102] While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in from and detail may be made therein without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims.

[103]

Claims

[1] A method for inputting Chinese characters on an information communication terminal having a keyboard assigned a plurality of character strokes constituting the Chinese characters, the method comprising the steps of: decomposing a Chinese character to be input into character strokes; and sequentially selecting the character strokes assigned to the keyboard according to a stroke order.

[2] The method of claim 1, wherein the character strokes assigned to the keyboard comprise the following twenty-eight character strokes: ^{~^},

/

L

)

and r

[3] The method of claim 1, wherein the character strokes assigned to the keyboard comprise the following twenty-six character strokes:^{^},

1

and r

[4] The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: pressing keys corresponding to character strokes of the Chinese character to be input at least once; creating a list window in which all Chinese characters beginning with the input character stroke are arranged according to a Chinese character alphabet arrangement method; and selecting a desired Chinese character from the Chinese characters arranged in the list window.

[5] The method of claim 4, wherein the list window comprises Chinese characters arranged in groups of one hundred characters, and movement between the groups is performed using keys including "Page Up," "Page Down," and arrow keys.

[6] The method of claim 4, wherein the step of creating the list window comprises the step of creating a frequency window in which a predetermined number of Chinese characters having a high frequency are arranged, together with the list window.

[7] The method of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when keys assigned a predetermined number of Chinese characters having a high frequency are pressed together with a function key, a corresponding Chinese character is input at once instead of spelled out with character strokes.

[8] A Chinese character input system for performing the method for inputting

Chinese characters of any one of claims 1 to 6, the system comprising: a key input unit including a keyboard assigned character strokes constituting Chinese characters, and generating and outputting a key data signal corresponding to a specific key when a user presses the key; a character generation controller for receiving the key data signal from the key input unit to control input and display of a Chinese character that the user desires to input; and a display unit for receiving the key data signal output by the key input unit and a control signal output by the character generation controller and displaying the Chinese character selected by the input key.

[9] The system of claim 8, wherein the character strokes assigned to the keyboard comprise the following twenty-eight character strokes: ^{^},

/

L

)

and r

[10] The system of claim 8, wherein the character strokes assigned to the keyboard comprise the following twenty-six character strokes: ^{^},

1

^"L

I