Chinese input method: Difference between revisions

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Because the [[Chinese language]] isuses a [[logogram|logographic]] languagescript&mdash;a languageone in which one "[[Chinese written language|character]]" corresponds roughly to one "word" or meaning&mdash;there are vastly more characters, or glyphs, than there are keys on a standard [[computer keyboard]].

A variety of keyboard input methods have been designed to allow the input of Chinese characters using standard keyboards.