Patent ID: 7711541

Claim:
A Chinese input method comprising: first presenting, when an instruction is received from an operator, a plurality of groups into which initial-consonants of Chinese syllables are classified in a manner that each group is associated with a key, on one page of a screen; second presenting, when one group is selected from among the plurality of groups by the operator, all combinations of a phonetic symbol representing an initial-consonant included in the selected group and a symbolic sign indicating one of I semivowel, U semivowel, and zero semivowel, on the screen; third presenting, when one combination is selected from among all combinations by the operator and one initial-consonant is hereby settled, a plurality of final-vowels that include a semivowel related to the selected combination and which can be connected to the settled initial-consonant, on the screen; and displaying, when one final-vowel is selected from among the plurality of final-vowels by the operator and one final-vowel is hereby settled, phonetic symbols representing each of the settled initial-consonant and the settled final-vowel on the screen.