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Cangjie2
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Cangjie
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Li Ung Bing
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Cangjie
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高宗哲
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仓颉

倉頡
Cāng Jié
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Cangjie
  2. 2 legendary inventor of Chinese writing
  3. 3 Cangjie input method

About Cangjie

神话人物 mythical figure

Legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor (黄帝), said to have created Chinese characters from the tracks of birds and beasts; old texts give him four eyes. The Cangjie input method, common in Hong Kong and Taiwan, is named after him.

Examples

HSK 5
Wǒ yòng Cāng Jié shūrùfǎ dǎzì hěn kuài.
I type quickly using the Cangjie input method.
HSK 7-9
Chuánshuō Cāng Jié shì Huángdì de shǐguān.
Legend says Cangjie was the scribe of the Yellow Emperor.

In Pop Culture

仓颉 Cāng Jié
Cangjie
Mythical four-eyed scribe of the Yellow Emperor; legend has it that on the day he created the characters, 'grain rained from heaven and ghosts wailed at night' (天雨粟,鬼夜哭). His name is also given to the Cangjie input method designed by Chu Bong-Foo in 1976, still standard in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Stroke Order

仓 cāng
颉 Jié