<p>For 安,  and other characters without initial consonant</p>

<p>Try <strong>oj</strong>, <strong>;(semicolon)j</strong>, or <strong>'(quote)j</strong>, </p>

<p>If it still does not work, try <strong>jj</strong>.</p>

<p><strong>The problem is input-method program may not follow the spec.</strong> </p>

<p>Shuangpin has 3 way to handle zero initial:</p>

<p>1 Use a fixed key (one of the a, e, i, o, u, and v) to denote the initial.  e.g. Microsoft shuangpin</p>

<p>2 Use the initial of vowels as zero-initial, e.g. 拼音加加</p>

<p>3 This type is a little complicated, it is identical with type 2, except that for character has 2-pinyin character, it will down to 全拼. The famous 小鹤双拼 is this type.</p>

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<p>The Chinese Wikipedia page <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%8C%E6%8B%BC" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%8C%E6%8B%BC</a> list three different strategies for handling zero initials in 双拼:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>零声母方案：指全拼中无声母的音节在双拼中的处理方案，即全拼中有几个音节没有声母，双拼中需要把这个零声母实质化，于是就有了零声母方案。</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>固定一个字母做零声母 + 韵母所在键，如微软双拼、智能ABC、紫光双拼</li>
  <li>以韵母首字母为零声母 + 韵母所在键，如拼音加加(注：拼音加加实际上兼容两种零声母方案。)</li>
  <li>单韵母、三韵母为韵母首字母 + 韵母所在键，双韵母为韵母首字母 + 韵母末字母，如自然码、小鹤双拼</li>
  </ol>
</blockquote>

<p>Which are:</p>

<ol>
<li>Use a fixed letter + final (Microsoft, 智能 ABC, 紫光)</li>
<li>Use the first letter of the final + final (拼音加加)</li>
<li>Use the original form of two-letter finals. For others, use the first letter of the final + final. (自然码, 小鹤双拼)</li>
</ol>

<p>For 'ang', 1. would be some fixed letter + the letter for 'ang'. 2) would be 'a' + the letter for 'ang' 3) would be 'a' + the letter for 'ang'</p>

<p>2 and 3 differ when the final contains two letters. For example, 'an' would be 'a' + 'n' in 3, but 'a' + (the letter for 'an') in 2.</p>

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fefe
<p>Googling for "shuangpin 昂" etc produces lots of result. For example <a href="https://www.zhihu.com/question/51271188" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.zhihu.com/question/51271188</a> or <a href="http://flypy.com/pin.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://flypy.com/pin.html</a> (not sure they are about your specific layout, I don't use 双拼).</p>

<p>It looks like you simply type the "initial" vowel separately. "a ang" ah for 昂 ang. Possibly slightly different for two and three-letter pinyin 汉子 (see the second link), but that could be layout specific.</p>

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<p>Over the past few days I've gotten used to the Shuangpin layout. 自然码 to be specific, and I found it to be pretty good. But now I've come across a situation, where I don't know how to type it. And after taking a look at all the different Shuangpin layouts, it seems to me, they all share this property:</p>

<p>They don't have a key for the "zero initial"! So how do you type words like 昂 (ang), or 恩 (en)?</p>

<p>I'm specifically looking for the Ziranma layout, but I'd be interested in a general answer as well.</p>

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There may or may not be a general answer.
fefe
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I'm aware of that
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@神秘德里克 Then what's the point of the input-methods tag? Pretty sure its very related.
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How to type zero initial in the common Shuangpin Pinyin keyboard layouts?
# How to type zero initial in the common Shuangpin Pinyin keyboard layouts?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-24)

Over the past few days I've gotten used to the Shuangpin layout. 自然码 to be specific, and I found it to be pretty good. But now I've come across a situation, where I don't know how to type it. And after taking a look at all the different Shuangpin layouts, it seems to me, they all share this property:

They don't have a key for the "zero initial"! So how do you type words like 昂 (ang), or 恩 (en)?

I'm specifically looking for the Ziranma layout, but I'd be interested in a general answer as well.

**Tags:** pinyin, input-methods

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: There may or may not be a general answer.  
> **username_0**: I'm aware of that  
> **username_0**: @神秘德里克 Then what's the point of the input-methods tag? Pretty sure its very related.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-06-25. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

For 安, and other characters without initial consonant

Try **oj**, **;(semicolon)j**, or **'(quote)j**,

If it still does not work, try **jj**.

**The problem is input-method program may not follow the spec.**

Shuangpin has 3 way to handle zero initial:

1 Use a fixed key (one of the a, e, i, o, u, and v) to denote the initial. e.g. Microsoft shuangpin

2 Use the initial of vowels as zero-initial, e.g. 拼音加加

3 This type is a little complicated, it is identical with type 2, except that for character has 2-pinyin character, it will down to 全拼. The famous 小鹤双拼 is this type.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-06-25. Score: 1

The Chinese Wikipedia page <https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%8C%E6%8B%BC> list three different strategies for handling zero initials in 双拼:

> 零声母方案：指全拼中无声母的音节在双拼中的处理方案，即全拼中有几个音节没有声母，双拼中需要把这个零声母实质化，于是就有了零声母方案。
>
> 1. 固定一个字母做零声母 + 韵母所在键，如微软双拼、智能ABC、紫光双拼
> 2. 以韵母首字母为零声母 + 韵母所在键，如拼音加加(注：拼音加加实际上兼容两种零声母方案。)
> 3. 单韵母、三韵母为韵母首字母 + 韵母所在键，双韵母为韵母首字母 + 韵母末字母，如自然码、小鹤双拼

Which are:

1. Use a fixed letter + final (Microsoft, 智能 ABC, 紫光)
2. Use the first letter of the final + final (拼音加加)
3. Use the original form of two-letter finals. For others, use the first letter of the final + final. (自然码, 小鹤双拼)

For 'ang', 1. would be some fixed letter + the letter for 'ang'. 2) would be 'a' + the letter for 'ang' 3) would be 'a' + the letter for 'ang'

2 and 3 differ when the final contains two letters. For example, 'an' would be 'a' + 'n' in 3, but 'a' + (the letter for 'an') in 2.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-06-25. Score: 0

Googling for "shuangpin 昂" etc produces lots of result. For example <https://www.zhihu.com/question/51271188> or <http://flypy.com/pin.html> (not sure they are about your specific layout, I don't use 双拼).

It looks like you simply type the "initial" vowel separately. "a ang" ah for 昂 ang. Possibly slightly different for two and three-letter pinyin 汉子 (see the second link), but that could be layout specific.


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