<ol>
<li>Install input method tools such as <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/ime/pinyin/" rel="noreferrer">Google Pinyin</a> Windows only</li>
<li>type <code>u</code> start to input</li>
<li>then type follow to input radicals</li>
</ol>
<blockquote>
<p>丨 shu 竖</p>
<p>一 heng 横</p>
<p>丿 pie 撇</p>
<p>礻 shi 示</p>
<p>衤 yi 衣</p>
</blockquote>
<p>But I think most easy way is <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd>,<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd>
There is a <a href="http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/radicals.php" rel="noreferrer">list of radicals</a>. Find it and copy it.</p>

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谢谢！I'm on a mac, and it seemed confusing when I wrote u-p  and it suggested up, but then I noticed the second seggestion was 丿，and u-p-s  suggested ups, but there was the second suggestion of 亻 which is what I wanted.
Frazer Kirkman
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2014-01-16T12:40:14.160Z
2014-01-16T12:44:07.097Z
2020-06-17T09:50:11.587Z
einverne
<p>Copy and paste from Wikipedia's List of Chinese Radicals.</p>

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2023-02-20T17:17:41.533Z
2023-02-20T17:17:41.533Z
Patrick Brown
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_method" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wubi method</a> is known to support typing radicals easily, but it will take quite some time to learn.</p>

<p>一 - ggl
丨 - hhl
丿 - ttl
丶 - yyl
衤 - 衤</p>

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2019-06-26T05:44:11.233Z
2019-06-26T05:44:11.233Z
Mingjie Li
<p>Yup! I was selling it again.</p>

<p>There is a popular Chinese input method engine called 'Rime'. It's open source. It's cross-platform: 小狼毫 for Windows, 鼠须管 for OS X, and ibus-rime or fcitx-rime  for all distros of Linux. It's fast, clean and powerfully configurable!</p>

<p>And! among so many default schemas there is one, called 'Stroke', use the basic 5 strokes to type in characters. It is the dish for everybody! Default key bindings: 横h，竖s，撇p，点n，折z(You can change the key bindings to your own taste). And it's used mixed with Pinyin by default.</p>

<p>How it works like:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/zHZ6X.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/zHZ6X.png" alt="tutorial of typing 点 and 折"></a></p>

<p>====</p>

<p>How to get it:</p>

<ol>
<li>Official sites: <a href="http://rime.im/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://rime.im/</a></li>
<li>GitHub pages:<a href="https://github.com/rime" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/rime</a></li>
</ol>

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nee.wong
<p>I would rather recommend Cangjie input method. It's not pinyin-based.</p>

<p>For example, 「亻」 is 「竹中」（i.e. 丿丨）. </p>

<p>It's very easy-to-learn. You can combine the use of pinyin and cangjie.</p>

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2014-01-23T15:19:24.513Z
2014-01-23T15:19:24.513Z
Mike Manilone
<p>You could also go to <a href="http://www.inputking.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.inputking.com</a> and type shu, then select the appropriate character.</p>

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user8128167
<p>I agree with the Cangjie comment to the extent you are actually putting in radicals rather than pinyin, but the draw back is it is four corners based so the order or even which part of a radical you put in is based on a set of rules. The original system could make random characters, but now they have it compare the potentials with the Unicode set or such. If you search ANKI web I had a set of flashcards for learning to type with Cangjie.</p>

<p>The other "radical" input method is Wubi which is based on the stroke order since any character can be narrowed down by the first five strokes again. Both of these inputs are based on 5^24, neither uses x or z except as a modifier, keys iterations mapped to 50k character sets. I could never find an English typing tutor for Wubi and experimenting with it the results were seemingly random. Too many iterations.</p>

<p>There is a windows application which lets you input radicals and place them by location within the character, but I can't remember the name. I had it running under Wine on my Ubuntu system a couple of years ago. </p>

<p>What is really needed is hand writing recognition input that lets you write the radical and then place it in the place location with in the character. I don't know of any hand writing recognition that lets you choose the radical you are writing to lock it in. This would also help visual learners like myself to find characters with similar radicals. Chineasy is such a teaching method buts its only on paper. </p>

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2015-12-08T21:05:25.650Z
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William
<p>If you find the radicals you need to type with the Pleco <code>CHARS</code> tab, the trick is to use the Unihan dictionary (<code>UNI</code>). I think it's there by default. By tapping the gear icon to the left of <code>UNI</code>, you add to it another displayed category, <code>code point</code>, which stands for Unicode code point.</p>
<p>When you see a radical you need to type on another device, first tap the radical and go to its definition tab. You can then write this radical on your laptop with the the code point, e.g. <code>U+6208</code> for 戈.</p>

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2024-07-22T13:06:44.207Z
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lofi
<p>Is there a way to type radicals on a computer? I'd like to insert some in a  document I'm writing but I'm not sure how to write those that don't correspond to an actual word. Any tips? Thanks!</p>

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2014-01-16T12:36:29.583Z
It depends on which IME you're using. If you're using the most popular IME in current mainland China, i.e. `Sougou Pinyin`, you can use its **"u mode"** to input radicals with its strokes. For example, `忄` can be input by `udds` (点点竖), `艹uhss` (横竖竖), `灬udddd` (点点点点), etc. If you don't have one IME, you can also look up what you want on [this wiki page](http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%89%E5%AD%97%E9%83%A8%E9%A6%96%E8%A1%A8).
Stan
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2014-01-16T15:25:47.177Z
Wow! How do you memorize which letter combination is which radical?
Sajimi
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2014-01-16T16:11:00.003Z
Strokes: 横(h, short for héng), 竖(s, short for shù), 撇(p, short for piě), 捺(n, short for nà), 点(d, short for diǎn). I know how to write the radical, so it's easy, just first type a "u" and then the stroke order.
Stan
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2014-01-23T15:16:06.560Z
@Sajimi Practise more :-) It's a instinctive work rather than a memory work.
Mike Manilone
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2020-04-26T07:09:37.353Z
And how many kind of strokes are there in chinese characters?
user4951
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2023-02-21T04:25:41.170Z
@user4951 usually 5-8 different stroke types depending on the exact input method/classification.
zagrycha
<radicals><input-methods>
Typing Chinese radicals?
# Typing Chinese radicals?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-16)

Is there a way to type radicals on a computer? I'd like to insert some in a document I'm writing but I'm not sure how to write those that don't correspond to an actual word. Any tips? Thanks!

**Tags:** radicals, input-methods

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It depends on which IME you're using. If you're using the most popular IME in current mainland China, i.e. `Sougou Pinyin`, you can use its **"u mode"** to input radicals with its strokes. For example, `忄` can be input by `udds` (点点竖), `艹uhss` (横竖竖), `灬udddd` (点点点点), etc. If you don't have one IME, you can also look up what you want on [this wiki page](http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%89%E5%AD%97%E9%83%A8%E9%A6%96%E8%A1%A8).  
> **username_0**: Wow! How do you memorize which letter combination is which radical?  
> **username_1**: Strokes: 横(h, short for héng), 竖(s, short for shù), 撇(p, short for piě), 捺(n, short for nà), 点(d, short for diǎn). I know how to write the radical, so it's easy, just first type a "u" and then the stroke order.  
> **username_2**: @username_0 Practise more :-) It's a instinctive work rather than a memory work.  
> **username_3**: And how many kind of strokes are there in chinese characters?  
> **username_4**: @username_3 usually 5-8 different stroke types depending on the exact input method/classification.  

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## 8 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2014-01-16. Score: 8

1. Install input method tools such as [Google Pinyin](http://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/ime/pinyin/) Windows only
2. type `u` start to input
3. then type follow to input radicals

> 丨 shu 竖
>
> 一 heng 横
>
> 丿 pie 撇
>
> 礻 shi 示
>
> 衤 yi 衣

But I think most easy way is `Ctrl`+`C`,`Ctrl`+`V`
There is a [list of radicals](http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/radicals.php). Find it and copy it.

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: 谢谢！I'm on a mac, and it seemed confusing when I wrote u-p  and it suggested up, but then I noticed the second seggestion was 丿，and u-p-s  suggested ups, but there was the second suggestion of 亻 which is what I wanted.  

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### Answer by username_7 on 2023-02-20. Score: 1

Copy and paste from Wikipedia's List of Chinese Radicals.


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### Answer by username_8 on 2019-06-26. Score: 1

[Wubi method](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_method) is known to support typing radicals easily, but it will take quite some time to learn.

一 - ggl
丨 - hhl
丿 - ttl
丶 - yyl
衤 - 衤


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### Answer by username_9 on 2015-12-09. Score: 0

Yup! I was selling it again.

There is a popular Chinese input method engine called 'Rime'. It's open source. It's cross-platform: 小狼毫 for Windows, 鼠须管 for OS X, and ibus-rime or fcitx-rime for all distros of Linux. It's fast, clean and powerfully configurable!

And! among so many default schemas there is one, called 'Stroke', use the basic 5 strokes to type in characters. It is the dish for everybody! Default key bindings: 横h，竖s，撇p，点n，折z(You can change the key bindings to your own taste). And it's used mixed with Pinyin by default.

How it works like:
[![tutorial of typing 点 and 折](https://i.sstatic.net/zHZ6X.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/zHZ6X.png)

====

How to get it:

1. Official sites: <http://rime.im/>
2. GitHub pages:<https://github.com/rime>


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-01-23. Score: 0

I would rather recommend Cangjie input method. It's not pinyin-based.

For example, 「亻」 is 「竹中」（i.e. 丿丨）.

It's very easy-to-learn. You can combine the use of pinyin and cangjie.


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### Answer by username_10 on 2014-01-18. Score: 0

You could also go to <http://www.inputking.com> and type shu, then select the appropriate character.


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### Answer by username_11 on 2015-12-08. Score: 0

I agree with the Cangjie comment to the extent you are actually putting in radicals rather than pinyin, but the draw back is it is four corners based so the order or even which part of a radical you put in is based on a set of rules. The original system could make random characters, but now they have it compare the potentials with the Unicode set or such. If you search ANKI web I had a set of flashcards for learning to type with Cangjie.

The other "radical" input method is Wubi which is based on the stroke order since any character can be narrowed down by the first five strokes again. Both of these inputs are based on 5^24, neither uses x or z except as a modifier, keys iterations mapped to 50k character sets. I could never find an English typing tutor for Wubi and experimenting with it the results were seemingly random. Too many iterations.

There is a windows application which lets you input radicals and place them by location within the character, but I can't remember the name. I had it running under Wine on my Ubuntu system a couple of years ago.

What is really needed is hand writing recognition input that lets you write the radical and then place it in the place location with in the character. I don't know of any hand writing recognition that lets you choose the radical you are writing to lock it in. This would also help visual learners like myself to find characters with similar radicals. Chineasy is such a teaching method buts its only on paper.


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### Answer by username_12 on 2024-07-22. Score: 0

If you find the radicals you need to type with the Pleco `CHARS` tab, the trick is to use the Unihan dictionary (`UNI`). I think it's there by default. By tapping the gear icon to the left of `UNI`, you add to it another displayed category, `code point`, which stands for Unicode code point.

When you see a radical you need to type on another device, first tap the radical and go to its definition tab. You can then write this radical on your laptop with the the code point, e.g. `U+6208` for 戈.


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