Comment on In languages which use complex written characters (such as Chinese's logographs), is there an equivalent to English's "text speak" shorthand?

• match@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  how easy is it (e.g., number of key presses) to get 鐵 on your keyboard? it looks massively complicated, I’m counting like 22 strokes or so

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  • cloudless@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There are different input methods. I use phoenetic one so I only have to type 3 letters and select the character.

    There is also "quick" input method which you only need to pay attention to 2 parts of the character when you type, then it gives you a selection of the most likely characters.

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh, boy, do I have a Radiolab episode for you! “The Wubi Effect”

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    • match@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      oh boy!

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