Apple Chinese Language Kit User Manual

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Using the Traditional Chinese Input Method

Entering Chinese Characters Using the Jianyi Input Mode

The Jianyi input mode is a simplified form of Cangjie. It uses the same radicals as Cangjie.
Using Jianyi to enter a character, you press the key for the first and last radicals that you
would enter using Cangjie, unless you can specify the character with a single key.

Because you enter fewer keys to specify a character, the Jianyi input mode finds more
characters that match what you have entered, so the selection palette appears more
frequently.

To enter a character using the Jianyi input mode, follow these steps:

Choose Jianyi from the Pencil menu.

Select the options you want to use:

Important

This manual explains how to use Jianyi with the Chinese Language Kit, but does

not explain how to use the Jianyi radicals. Several books are available in Chinese that describe
how to use Jianyi.

If you want to

Do this:

See the selection palette as soon
as you begin entering radicals

Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the Use
Dynamic Search option. (See “Selecting General Preferences”
on page 48.)

See the keys to enter characters
in the selection palette

Choose Show Input Keys from the Pencil menu.

See suggestions for subsequent
characters to enter

Choose Show Associated Words from the Pencil menu.
The selection palette appears after you enter a character
showing characters that commonly follow the one you entered.

Keep the input palette open
while entering characters

Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the Keep
Input Palette Open option. (See “Selecting General
Preferences” on page 48.)

Keep characters in the input
palette

Choose Store Characters from the Pencil menu.

Use dictionary files

Choose Preferences from the Pencil menu and select the
dictionary files to use. (See “Selecting Dictionary Preferences”
on page 50.)
The input keys for phrases in the dictionary use the Dayi input
mode. To enter a phrase from the dictionary using Jianyi,
choose Show Associated Words from the Pencil menu; then
enter the first character in the phrase using Jianyi. The selection
palette shows the phrase for you to select.