Typing Characters in TsangChieh Mode

To type Chinese characters in this mode, type the Chinese radicals that make up the Chinese characters. If you do not have a Taiwan Chinese keyboard that shows the radicals on the keys, refer to a picture of the Chinese keyboard to see how the Chinese radicals map to your keyboard.

For an example, to enter a command that states in Chinese "Taipei's weather is very hot," perform the following steps:

1. Open a new Terminal (in ASCII mode) and type echo.

2. Type Control-spacebar to turn on TsangChieh mode.

   The mode appears in the status area.

3. Type ir.

   The TsangChieh input converter finds two matching characters and displays a lookup choice pop-up:

   

4. Press a to select the appropriate character.

   The radicals are converted and the correct character appears:

   

5. Type lmp.

   The TsangChieh input converter does not display a lookup choice pop-up because it does not find multiple character choices for these radicals. However, the converter does not automatically convert the preedit area radicals to a character.

   

6. Press the spacebar to convert the radicals to their character.

   The radicals are converted and the correct character appears.

   

7. Type hapi, mk, onfd, and hoav.Press the spacebar after each set to convert it to its character.

   The input converter finds only one matching character for each set of radicals. The character is displayed as the next radical is typed.

8. Type gif.

   The input converter finds two matching characters and displays a lookup choice pop-up:

   

9. Press a to select the appropriate character.

   The radicals are converted and the correct character appears: art/ct.8.im1