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Cangjie code and root practice.

Recall full Cangjie codes for 24 beginner characters. Start with single roots, use key hints, check your answers, and review the shapes you have learned.

Look. Recall. Build.

Find the keys in the shape

Start with familiar roots, then build complete character codes. No timer, no account.

Progress lasts until you leave or reload this page. “Unaided first check” counts a correct first answer before opening that character’s hint or study card during this session.

A shape method

Read the character, not its sound

Cangjie uses character shapes and letter keys. You do not need to supply a Mandarin or Cantonese pronunciation. A root label is a memory aid for a key; it is not a pronunciation to type.

The first ten exercises introduce single-key characters. The next eight combine familiar shapes. The final six mix repetition with longer codes, ending with a five-letter example.

These exercises check selected full codes supported by this site. Other Cangjie implementations can have differences. A code accepted by a permissive lookup is not always the complete code being practiced.

From recall to real input

Keep the middle keys

Quick uses the first and last letters of a full Cangjie code for a shorter lookup. Here, keep the complete sequence: 國 → WIRM. Entering only WM does not complete this exercise.

After checking a code, try it on the keyboard and choose the matching Chinese character. The typing lesson explains candidate selection and the difference between learning a code and finding a result.

Review the root chart →Explore character decomposition →Compare Cangjie and Quick →Follow the typing lesson →Open the Cangjie keyboard →

24 characters, one step at a time

Your code study set

Recall the letters first, then open a card. The labels under each key name its Cangjie root.

日sun; day

A日

The 日 root is on A. For this character, one letter is the complete code.

月moon; month

B月

The 月 root is on B. Learn the shape and its key together.

木tree; wood

D木

The 木 root is on D. You will reuse this key in 林, 森 and 休.

水water

E水

The 水 root is on E. Its water-side form also appears in longer codes.

火fire

F火

The 火 root is on F. Two copies will give you the code for 炎.

土earth; soil

G土

The 土 root is on G. The complete code here is a single key.

口mouth

R口

The 口 root is on R. Keep it distinct from the enclosing shapes found in other characters.

人person

O人

The 人 root is on the letter O, not the digit zero.

心heart; mind

P心

The 心 root is on P. A root name identifies a key, not a sound to type.

一one

M一

The horizontal 一 root is on M. Repeating it gives the codes for 二 and 三.

二two

MM一一

Two horizontal roots: M followed by M. Keep both letters.

三three

MMM一一一

Three horizontal roots: M, M, M. A shortened lookup is not the full code asked for here.

明bright

AB日月

Read the two main shapes from left to right: 日 on A, then 月 on B.

林woods

DD木木

The left 木 and the right 木 each contribute D.

森forest; dense growth

DDD木木木

Keep all three 木 roots: the top one, then the two below.

休rest

OD人木

The person-side shape uses 人 on O, followed by 木 on D.

好good

VND女弓木

The 女 side gives V. The 子 part is encoded N–D, so the full sequence is V–N–D.

字written character

JND十弓木

The roof contributes J in this code; 子 contributes N–D. Compare the ending with 好.

昌prosperous

AA日日

Use A for the top 日 shape, then A for the lower one.

炎flame; inflammation

FF火火

Two fire shapes, one above the other: F followed by F.

河river

EMNR水一弓口

The water side uses E. The 可 part uses M–N–R. Keep the middle letters when recalling the full code.

問ask

ANR日弓口

The 門 frame is encoded A–N here, followed by R for the 口 inside.

國country

WIRM田戈口一

This full code is W–I–R–M. Its first and last letters alone are a shortened lookup, not the answer to this exercise.

語language; speech

YRMMR卜口一一口

The 言 side contributes Y–R, and 吾 contributes M–M–R. This example uses five letters.

Keep going

Learn Cangjie

Cangjie root chartExplore the 24 basic Cangjie roots and their letter keys, with a separate guide to X. Search examples and print a compact study chart. Character decompositionSee how Chinese character shapes become Cangjie codes. Study ordered root examples, learn where simple rules stop, and check your understanding. Cangjie typing lessonType your first Chinese characters using Cangjie. Follow a working code example, choose a candidate, and learn the shortcuts in the i2Bopomo keyboard.