JPH02177726A - Kanji input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To input a KANJI (chinese character) so long as the said KANJI is able to be hand-written even without knowing the name of the radical by providing a means which displays candidates of the radical based on a picture of the radical in the case of designating the radical allows the operator to select the desired radical. CONSTITUTION:The radical of a KANJI desired to be inputted is selected among candidates of displayed radicals and a keyboard 2 is used to designate the radical. Then KANJIs including the selected radical are retrieved by a 2nd retrieval storage means 7 among KANJIs stored in a 2nd storage means 4 and the retrieved KANJIs are stored. Plural number of them is in general selected and they are displayed on a CRT display device as candidates of them. The KANJI desired for the entry is selected among the displayed KANJI candidates and the desired KANJI is designated from the entry operation of the keyboard 2. Thus, even the name of the radical is not know, the desired KANJI is inputted so long as the shape of the KANJI desired to be inputted is known.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a kanji input device, and particularly to a kanji input device that inputs kanji characters using the number of strokes of a radical and the radical of a kanji character as keys.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, office automation equipment such as personal computers and Japanese word processors have become widespread, and the need for kanji input is also increasing.

For this reason, various kanji input methods have been put into practical use, and the main ones include the kana-kanji conversion method, which inputs reading kana and converts it to kanji, and the JIS code input method, which inputs the JIS code of the kanji and converts it to kanji. There is a Kuten code input method that inputs the Kuten code of a Kanji and converts it to a Kanji, and a radical code input method that inputs the name of a radical that makes up a Kanji and converts it to a Kanji.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

With the conventional kanji input device described above, even if you know the characters of the kanji you want to input and can handwrite them, you cannot input them unless you know the pronunciation, JIS code, kuten code, radical name, etc. of the kanji. There was a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a kanji input device that can input a kanji by handwriting the shape of the kanji to be input without knowing the name of the radical.

[Means to solve the problem]

The kanji input device of the present invention includes: (A) first data indicating the number of strokes of a radical of a kanji to be input; and a kanji to be input from among at least one radical corresponding to the first data; second data for selecting constituent radicals, and selecting the Kanji to be input from at least one Kanji composed using the radicals selected by the second data; (B) at least one radical configured using at least one radical corresponding to the first data and a radical selected by the second data; (C) a first storage means for storing radicals of kanji; (D) a second storage means for storing kanji; (E) corresponding to the first data. (F) a first search/storage means for searching and storing a radical from among the radicals stored in the first storage means; (F) configured using the radical selected according to the second data; (G) a second search/storage means for searching and storing kanji from among the kanji stored in the second storage means; (G) among the radicals searched and stored by the first search/storage means; (H) selecting a kanji character corresponding to the third data from among the kanji characters searched and stored by the second search/storage means; A second selection means for selecting, (I) an output means for outputting the kanji selected by the second selection means.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

The kanji input device shown in FIG. 1 includes a keyboard 2 for inputting data for selecting a kanji to be input, a CRT display 1 for displaying radicals and kanji, and a first display for storing radicals.
storage means 3, second storage means 4 for storing kanji, and first search/storage means for searching and storing the radical of the kanji to be input from among the radicals stored in the first storage means 3. 5,
A first selection means 6 that selects a radical corresponding to the input d7 from among the radicals searched and stored by the first search/storage means 5, configured using the selected radical. Kanji second
a second search/storage means 7 that searches and stores kanji from among the kanji stored in the storage means 4; a kanji corresponding to the input data from among the kanji searched and stored by the second search/storage means; a second selection means 8 for selecting
It is composed of an output means 9 for outputting the selected kanji.

Next, the operation will be explained using an example where the kanji character ``rouj'' is input.

First, the kanji is ``ruki'', and the number of strokes of this radical is ``4'', so the number of strokes ``4'' is input from the keyboard (input means) 2 (step 11). When the first search/storage means 5 receives the input of the stroke number "4", only radicals with the stroke number "4" are retrieved from among the radicals stored in the first storage means 3 and stored (step 12). ). This radical is generally plural, and CRT display (display means)
1 as a radical candidate (step 13). This is shown in FIG.

Select the radical of the kanji character you want to input from the radical candidates displayed in this way and specify that radical from the keyboard 2. In this example, "ki" is displayed second. When "2" is input from (step 14), "tree" is selected by the first selection means 6 (step 15).

Next, the second search/storage means 7 searches for and stores kanji including "木" from among the kanji stored in the second storage means 4 (step 16). This is displayed as a kanji candidate on the CRT display 1 (step 17). This is shown in FIG.

Select the kanji you want to input from the displayed kanji candidates and specify that kanji from the keyboard 2. In this example, the desired kanji "rou" is displayed fifth, so "
5" is input (step 18), and when "r5" is input, "ro" is selected by the second selection means 8 (step 19), and this is outputted by the output means 9 (step 20). In this way, the kanji character "rou" is input.

In this way, by displaying radical candidates based on the number of strokes of the radical and providing a means to select from among them, users can know the shape of the kanji they want to input even if they do not know the name of the radical. If you have the kanji, you can input the kanji.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention is a kanji input method using radicals as clues. When specifying a radical, candidates for that radical are displayed based on the number of strokes of the radical, and By providing a means to select from the following, even if you do not know the name of the radical, as long as you know the shape of the kanji you want to input, that is, if you can write it by hand, you can input the kanji. It has the effect of being able to.

Stage 5...First search/storage means, 6...
...First selection means, 7...Second search/storage means, 8...Second selection means, 9...
Output means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] (A) First data indicating the number of strokes of a radical of a Kanji to be inputted, and the Kanji to be inputted from among at least one radical corresponding to the first data; second data for selecting a radical; and third data for selecting the desired Kanji from at least one Kanji formed using the radical selected by the second data. (B) at least one radical configured using at least one radical corresponding to the first data and a radical selected by the second data; (C) a first storage device that stores radicals of kanji; (D) a second storage device that stores kanji; (E) a radical that corresponds to the first data. (F) a kanji character composed using the radical selected by the second data; (G) a second search/storage means for searching and storing the kanji from among the kanji stored in the second storage means; a first selection means for selecting a radical corresponding to the second data; (H) selecting a kanji character corresponding to the third data from among the kanji characters searched and stored by the second search/storage means; A kanji input device comprising: a second selection means; (I) an output means for outputting the kanji selected by the second selection means;