We try to summarizes the current state of CJK input methods here. We hope that this can help the development of GNOME.

Why Input Methods?

There are thousands of Chinese characters (or Kanji in Japanese, Hanja in Korean). So we have to figure out ways to map multiple key presses into a particular character. In order to make the input process faster, sophisticated techniques are often involved.

If you still have no idea what input method is, consider english-typing-booster.

Basic Types

• Phonetic-Based (sound)

• Stroke-Based (shape)

• Handwriting/Speech Recognition

Input Method Frameworks on Linux

• Fcitx

• GCIN

• HIME

• IBus

• SCIM

Input Method on other platforms

• Popular Input Methods on Windows

• Default Input Methods on Windows

• Popular Input Methods on Mac OS X

• Default Input Methods on Mac OS X

• Popular Input Methods on Android (mobile)

• Popular Input Methods on iOS (mobile)

• Online Input Methods

External links

• Comparison on Gcin project wiki