Cangjie

See also: Cāngjié

English

Alternative forms

  • Changjie, Cangjei, Changjei, Chang Jei, Chajei
  • Chong Kit

Etymology

From Mandarin 倉頡／仓颉 (Cāngjié).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cangjie

  1. The man historically credited with the invention of the first writing system in China.

Translations

Noun

Cangjie (uncountable)

  1. An input method for entering Chinese characters into a computer, developed in 1976 and originally supporting only traditional Chinese. Characters are visually decomposed into parts; these parts are assigned keys on the keyboard.

Synonyms

  • Cangjie method

Translations

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