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pogodem0n t1_jb3toxk wrote

It looks great.

By the way... I am learning Japanese and do people really type with kanji? I thought it would be either hiragana or katakana.

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stvneads t1_jb4068m wrote

The characters on this set is not for Japanese but 'word roots' for Cangjie, a Chinese input method. So it's actually a thing, not just cool kanjis.

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CalypsoSeaCat t1_jb462bz wrote

Oooh I should've figured, traditional and JPN kanji look so similar it didn't even cross my mind it might be for Chinese input, TIL!

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_jb407f4 wrote

Cangjie input method

>The Cangjie input method (Tsang-chieh input method, sometimes called Changjie, Cang Jie, Changjei or Chongkit) is a system for entering Chinese characters into a computer using a standard computer keyboard. In filenames and elsewhere, the name Cangjie is sometimes abbreviated as cj. The input method was invented in 1976 by Chu Bong-Foo, and named after Cangjie (Tsang-chieh), the mythological inventor of the Chinese writing system, at the suggestion of Chiang Wei-kuo, the former Defense Minister of Taiwan. Chu Bong-Foo released the patent for Cangjie in 1982, as he thought that the method should belong to Chinese cultural heritage.

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CalypsoSeaCat t1_jb3wefm wrote

No, in general people don't. You're right, you type using hiragana, and the software on your device (pc or mobile) will bring up suggested kanji for what you typed in hiragana.

While this keyboard looks really cool, and I assume it's just for aesthetics, the kanji used for the keys doesn't make much sense (ex. Hand, Moon, Bow, Rice Field, Person, Heart, Bamboo, Woman, Divination/Katakana for 'TO').

Generally Japanese keyboards will only have hiragana (た て い す な に etc, like EN has qwerty) and you can swap between hiragana and katakana like you would swap to uppercase with caps lock. Hope that makes sense.

Good luck with your studying btw!

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pogodem0n t1_jb3wtsr wrote

Thanks, it makes sense.

Thanks a lot. I am learning it with Duolingo (unit 10) but I plan to start watching videos in Japanese soon.

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Sl1c OP t1_jb3ww2q wrote

yeah, waited too long and the Hiragana and Katakana sets were already sold out… so kangji it was …

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CalypsoSeaCat t1_jb45muh wrote

Sorry if I came across as a bit rude 😅 I can't blame you at all, 2 years is a hell of a long time to wait. It looks absolutely beautiful regardless, really jealous!

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Sl1c OP t1_jb468sw wrote

no worries 😄 thank you 😊

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