Cangjie input method
- Date
- 1976 · confidence high
- Place
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Credited to
- Chu Bong-Foo
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A method for entering Chinese characters with a standard QWERTY keyboard, devised by Chu Bong-Foo and named after Cangjie, the legendary inventor of Chinese writing; released as an open method in 1982.
What it led to
- the first Chinese input method based on the QWERTY keyboard
- a standard available on every system supporting traditional Chinese characters
- later extension to simplified Chinese characters
- the basis for later Chinese keyboard-input variants and improvements