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==Overview==

===Keys and "radicals"===

The basic character components in Cangjie are called "radicals" ({{zhi|c=字根}}) or "letters" ({{zhi|c=字母}}). There are 24 radicals but 26 keys; the 24 radicals (the '''basic shapes''' {{zhi|t=基本字形}}) are associated with roughly 76 '''auxiliary shapes''' ({{zhi|t=輔助字形}}), which in many cases are either rotated or transposed versions of components of the basic shapes. For instance, the letter A ({{zhi|c={{linktext|日}}}}) can represent either itself, the slightly wider {{zhi|c=曰}}, or a 90° rotation of itself. (For a more complete account of the 76-odd transpositions and rotations than the ones listed below, see the [[b:zh:倉頡輸入法/輔助字形|article on Cangjie entry in Chinese Wikibooks]].)

The 24 keys are placed in four groups:

* Philosophical Group —– corresponds to the letters 'A' to 'G' and represents the sun, the moon, and the [[Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)|five elements]]

* Strokes Group —– corresponds to the letters 'H' to 'N' and represents the brief and subtle strokes

* Body-Related Group —– corresponds to the letters 'O' to 'R' and represents various parts of the human [[anatomy]]

* Shapes Group —– corresponds to the letters 'S' to 'Y' and represents complex and enclosed character forms

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Chu Bong-Foo has provided alternate names for some letters according to their characteristics. For example, H ({{zhi|c=竹}}) is also called {{zhi|c=斜}}, which means slant. The names form a rhyme to help learners memorize the letters, each group being in a line (the sounds of final characters are given in parentheses):

:{{zhi|c=日}} {{zhi|c=月}} {{zhi|c=金}} {{zhi|c=木}} {{zhi|c=水}} {{zhi|c=火}} {{zhi|c=土|p=tǔ}}

:{{zhi|c=斜}} {{zhi|c=點}} {{zhi|c=交}} {{zhi|c=叉}} {{zhi|c=縱}} {{zhi|c=橫}} {{zhi|c=鈎|p=gōu}}

:{{zhi|c=人}} {{zhi|c=心}} {{zhi|c=手}} {{zhi|c=口|p=kǒu}}

:{{zhi|c=側}} {{zhi|c=並}} {{zhi|c=仰}} {{zhi|c=紐}} {{zhi|c=方}} {{zhi|c=卜|p=bǔ}}

===Keyboard layout===

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! Form !! Fixed decomposition (v5)

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|{{zhi|c=臼}}||{{zhi|c=竹}} {{zhi|c=難}} (HX)

|臼||HX

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|{{zhi|c=與}}||{{zhi|c=竹}} {{zhi|c=難}} {{zhi|c=卜}} {{zhi|c=金}} (HXYC)

|與||HXYC

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|{{zhi|c=興}}||{{zhi|c=竹}} {{zhi|c=難}} {{zhi|c=月}} {{zhi|c=金}} (HXBC)

|興||HXBC

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|{{zhi|c=盥}}||{{zhi|c=竹}} {{zhi|c=難}} {{zhi|c=月}} {{zhi|c=廿}} (HXBT)

|盥||HXBT

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|{{zhi|c=姊}}||{{zhi|c=女}} {{zhi|c=中}} {{zhi|c=難}} {{zhi|c=竹}} (VLXH)

|姊||VLXH

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|{{zhi|c=齊}}||{{zhi|c=卜}} {{zhi|c=難}} (YX)

|齊||YX

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|{{zhi|c=兼}}||{{zhi|c=廿}} {{zhi|c=難}} {{zhi|c=金}} (TXC)

|兼||TXC

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|{{zhi|c=鹿}}||{{zhi|c=戈}} {{zhi|c=難}} {{zhi|c=心}} (IXP)

|鹿||IXP

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|{{zhi|c=身}}||{{zhi|c=竹}} {{zhi|c=難}} {{zhi|c=竹}} (HXH)

|身||HXH

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|{{zhi|c=卍}}||{{zhi|c=弓}} {{zhi|c=難}} (NX)

|卍||NX

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|{{zhi|c=黽}}||{{zhi|c=口}} {{zhi|c=難}} {{zhi|c=山}} (RXU)

|黽||RXU

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|{{zhi|c=龜}}||{{zhi|c=弓}} {{zhi|c=難}} {{zhi|c=山}} (NXU)

|龜||NXU

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|{{zhi|c=廌}}||{{zhi|c=戈}} {{zhi|c=難}} {{zhi|c=火}} (IXF)

|廌||IXF

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|{{zhi|c=慶}}||{{zhi|c=戈}} {{zhi|c=難}} {{zhi|c=水}} (IXE)

|慶||IXE

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|{{zhi|c=淵}}||{{zhi|c=水}} {{zhi|c=中}} {{zhi|c=難}} {{zhi|c=中}} (ELXL)

|淵||ELXL

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|{{zhi|c=肅}}||{{zhi|c=中}} {{zhi|c=難}} (LX)

|肅||LX

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