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Input Rules
Single Characters
One-Key Characters
One-key characters use the highest-frequency characters. Memorizing them speeds up input.
Since the right little finger rests on the “;” key, which is normally idle, and both thumbs are also normally idle — a waste — the Space bar, the semicolon key (；), and the apostrophe key (‘) are set as the three candidate-commit keys. The three tiers of one-key characters require no memorization: the input method prompts them automatically. All 78 tier-3 one-key characters are the most frequently used single characters; with long-term use they form natural memory and greatly speed up input.
| Q | W | E | R | T | Y | U | I | O | P | |
| 无 | 就 | 上 | 和 | 应 | 新 | 问 | 他 | 这 | 对 | |
| A | S | D | F | G | H | J | K | L | ； | ’ |
| 好 | 要 | 将 | 的 | 都 | 其 | 我 | 很 | 以 | Tier 2 candidate | Tier 3 candidate |
| Z | X | C | V | B | N | M | ， | 。 | ||
| 之 | 给 | 国 | 没 | 了 | 在 | 想 | ， | 。 | ||
| SPACE | ||||||||||
| Tier 1 candidate — Space to commit | ||||||||||
Note: Tier-1 one-key characters have no other input codes.
| 我 J_ | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st key | Space to commit | |
| J | Space | |
| J-key one-key character | First candidate — press Space to commit | |
| 可 J； | 看 J’ | |
| Tier-2 candidate commits | Tier-3 candidate commits | |
Root Characters
Root character input rule: the first key is the key where the character sits, plus the character’s phonetic supplement, then Space to commit. Some root characters have collisions; type (；) to commit the second candidate.
| Q金儿无旡 用甫鸟 |
W言亡方 | E心卜上山 足止 |
R竹牛气生矢 禾乍爿片 |
T广 厂尸户 |
Y立六火天夫 业尤尢 |
U门光 | I人入八 | O鱼夕 歹文 |
P又斤 丘爪瓜 |
| A女弓牙 长身而韦 |
S石曲西 一酉 |
D米二工 | F日曰白臼 三壬丰王五 |
G士十土干 于千才寸 |
H目自开 廿甘且其 |
J手毛 丁刀力乃 |
K口 中井 |
L九匕七乙弋 戈戋戊戉 車镸车虫 |
； |
| Z之豸马 豕乑 |
X母毌瓦 | C川田由皿 几甲巾 |
V水小雨 | B子孑了己巳 耳巴也已 |
N大犬 万月舟 |
M木 贝见页习 |
Note: red radicals are collisions. | ||
| 气 RQ_ | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st key | Phonetic suppl. | Space to commit |
| 气R | Q | Space |
| 入 IR； | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st key | Phonetic suppl. | Tier-2 candidate commits |
| 入I | R | ； |
Ordinary Characters
For characters with fewer than four codes, the first letter of the character’s Pinyin serves as the supplement. For characters with four or more codes, the fourth key is the character’s final code.
| 如 AKR_ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st key | 2nd key | Phonetic suppl. | Space to commit |
| 女A | 口K | R | Space |
| 通 PQZT | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st key | 2nd key | 3rd key | Phonetic suppl. |
| P | 用Q | 辶Z | T |
| 弱 ADAD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st key | 2nd key | 3rd key | 4th key |
| 弓A | 冫D | 弓A | 冫D |
| 微 KESO | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st key | 2nd key | 3rd key | 4th key (final) |
| 彳K | 山E | 一S | 攵O |
Two-Key & Three-Key Characters
Besides root characters with only a two-key full code and three-key characters, there are also two-key and three-key simplified characters. Two-key and three-key simplified characters are abbreviations of the full code, so you can commit with either the short code or the full code, as you like.
By statistics, there are 1,304 two-key characters and 6,273 three-key characters, covering essentially all single characters.
To speed up single-character input, single characters are given tier-1, tier-2, and tier-3 short codes — in other words, the user need not type the full code to produce a character. For example, the character “是” can be typed in the following four ways. No memorization is needed: the input method prompts automatically, giving the user maximum freedom and making touch-typing easy.
| 是：日一龰S | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-key, 2nd candidate | 2-key, 2nd candidate | 3-key, 1st candidate | Full code |
| F;/F2 | F;/FS2 | FSE_ | FSES |
Besides single characters, the 33,997 most frequently used words are also given three-key codes, saving keystrokes to the greatest extent.
Two-Character Words
Take the first two codes of each character. If either character is a root character, its second code is a phonetic supplement.
| 我们 JLIU | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st char, 1st key | 1st char, 2nd key | 2nd char, 1st key | 2nd char, 2nd key |
| 手J | 戈L | 人I | 门U |
| 生气 RSRQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st key | Phonetic suppl. | 1st key | Phonetic suppl. |
| 生R | S | 气R | Q |
Three-Character Words
Take the first code of the first two characters, and the first two codes of the last character.
| 创作者 IBGF | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st char, 1st key | 2nd char, 1st key | 3rd char, 1st key | 3rd char, 2nd key |
| 人I | 亻I | 耂G | 日F |
Four-Character Words
Use the first code of each character as the input code.
| 不劳而获 NHAH | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st char, 1st key | 2nd char, 1st key | 3rd char, 1st key | 4th char, 1st key |
| N | H | A | H |
More Than Four Characters
Use the first code of the first, second, and third characters, and of the last character, as the input code.
| 做一天和尚撞一天钟 ISYQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st char, 1st key | 2nd char, 1st key | 3rd char, 1st key | last char, 1st key |
| I | S | Y | Q |