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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:

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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}}