Patent ID: 7165021

Claim:
A Chinese language input program embodied on a computer-readable medium comprising code segments to control a computer to execute: a first presentation step of presenting initial groups into which initials of the Chinese language are classified; an initial group specifying step of specifying one off the initial groups; a second presentation step of presenting initial-final groups, each including both an initial in the specified initial group and one of a plurality of final groups including finals able to be used with the initial; an initial-final group specifying step of specifying one of the initial-final groups; a third presentation step of presenting syllable definition information including finals in the specified initial-final group; and a syllable definition step of defining a syllable for input by specifying one of the finals in the syllable definition information; wherein the final groups comprise: a first final group including simple finals, a second final group including complex finals which are transcribed into groups of letters in which the first letter is a, e, or o, a third final group including complex finals which are transcribed into groups of letters in which the first letter is i or y, a fourth final group including complex finals which are transcribed into groups of letters in which the first letter is u or w, and a fifth final group including complex finals which are transcribed into groups of letters in which the first letter is v or the first letters are yu.