倉頡 (cong1 kit3 | cang1 jie2) : Cangjie; Tsang Chieh; Chong Kit

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倉頡

cong1 kit3

cang1 jie2

Cangjie (also spelled Cang Jie, Tsang Chieh, or Chong Kit) - The court historian to the emperor 黃帝 who, according to legend, invented the written Chinese character script over four thousand years ago. His name is now also used to refer to one of the methods used to input Chinese characters on computers.

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

倉頡

This word has been viewed 3156 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 27th Jan 2005 20:27 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

倉 cong1 - storehouse
頡 kit3 - fly upwards

1 compounds containing this word:

倉頡輸入法 - Cangjie input method, Changjie, Cang Jie

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