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Issue
37 - Sep 2003
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When
we talk about Chinese input method in the subject of "Chinese
Computing", you will immediately relate this to the "Chang
Jie CKC Chinese
Input System The software
plugs well into the XP environment and supports the Hong Kong
Supplementary Character Set (HKSCS - 4702 Hong Kong characters)
[Ref: 3]. After successful installation, an option of
When
users have selected the
This input
method is a keyboard input one. Actually, it only uses a maximum
of 4 digits ("0" - "9") to represent a
character. Strokes
In
case users forget one or two digit mapping, they can always
click on the"
e.g
In the
above example, the first code of the character " e.g
In this
example, the "CKC" code of " Users have to use the numeric pad to key in the code and complete the input with a space. If more than one character can be represented by the same "CKC" code, the system will show all the characters for selection. Users can use numeric pad "0"-"9" for selection, or use "PageUp" / "PageDown" to turn to the other pages. One of
the strengths of CKC Chinese Input System is that it caters
for the input of phrases to increase input speed. The system
has predefined more than 250,000 common Chinese phrases, such
as " The principles of composing "CKC" code for Chinese phrases are:
From the
above illustration, you can see that if users input " The purpose
of this article is to introduce CKC Chinese Input System.
Other features of this input method are left for users to
explore.
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is
Available at CityU
",
"Pinyin 
",
"Quick 
"
etc. input methods. Then, you might also have experienced
the hardship when you start to learn using the keyboard and
memorize keystroke combinations and complicated input rules.
You may have an impression that most of the Chinese input
methods are difficult to learn or use through keyboard inputting
methods. Some may even prefer to use pen input method. In
fact, each Chinese input method is designed for different
targeted users. For example, pen input method is easy to learn
but relatively slow in input speed, it is good for general
users; whereas "Chang Jie" is difficult to learn
but the input speed is fast for experienced users. Therefore,
it is good for frequent users. And the CKC Chinese Input System
[Ref:
2] and 
.
The software can run on Microsoft Chinese Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
environment. In particular, it can also run on the English
Windows XP environment we currently supported in campus. We
have made this input method generally available in both the
CityU staff and student network.
will
be added to the available input methods under "
Chinese
(Taiwan)" as shown below:
of
all Chinese characters are classified into 10 groups, each
represented by a digit. For example, "0" represents
"
"
and "1" for "
"
...etc. Chinese characters can then be input by the combination
of these digits. Users can use the formula below to remember
this stroke representation:
"
button in the input method task bar to activate the hint as
display below:
to
form a single Chinese character is:
"
is 4, second code 3, third code 1 and fourth code 7. Therefore
the "CKC"code of "
"
is 320. 
"
"
is 4804, and "
"
is 300. However, the code of the phrase "
"
is 480300.
"
is 5100, "
"
is 7770 and "
"
is 4297. The code of the phrase "
"
becomes 517742.
"
is 868, "
"
is 3367, "
"
is 800 and "
"
is 100. The code for the phrase "
"
becomes 863810.
"
is 06, "
"
is 3417, "
"
is 0450, "
"
is 6200, "
"
is 0120, "
"
is 1814 and "
"
is 7171. The code of the phrase "
".
On top of that, there are many other features in CKC Chinese
Input System
to help users to input Chinese characters more easily and
quickly, such as wild card key 
and
associated key 
.
at 
)
at