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HanWJ Chinese Input Engine

By HanWJ Free to try Editors' Rating

Editors' Review

Download.com Staff Aug 31, 2009

The Chinese language and display options in Windows leave a bit to be desired, but a good Chinese language input engine can help. HanWJ's pinyin-based Chinese Input Engine not only adds power and flexibility to Windows programs like Word, Office, and Internet Explorer, but it also does much more, such as making it easy to choose normal, proverbial, and poetic usages or search for words, phrases, and other selections in a huge database of Chinese characters and definitions. A Word Forecast feature automatically determines hundreds of dependencies and usages and projects suggested words and sentences. You can create one-key shortcuts of sample words and phrases. There are handy extras, too, such as a Chinese text editor.

The bilingual installer performs flawlessly without rebooting. A system tray icon closes or shuts down the program. Several methods let you easily toggle between Chinese and Western input modes, including the F12 key. A small floating toolbar opens an extensive menu, a character keyboard, full- and half-width character and punctuation options, and other settings.

It's a breeze to use, considering the complexity of the material involved, but it has many ways to help. For example, it will offer suggestions as you type in Word, and it also suggests alternative selections to help you avoid potential misunderstandings. While we're no experts, it clearly makes it easy to enter Chinese characters into Windows programs, and, with its extensive guidance and selections, to choose the right words and phrases, too. The full-featured download is free to try for 30 days. We recommend it for all users.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 5.11

Version 5.11 enhanced Chinese-Text-Annotation tool and sovled issues with Windows 10/8.

General

Release May 2, 2017
Date Added May 2, 2017
Version 5.11

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Windows 10, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows XP
Additional Requirements None

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Total Downloads 65,381
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Developer's Description

HanWJ Chinese Input Engine is used for inputting Chinese on Windows platforms. It uses pinyin method and provides advanced tools to make input fast and natural. This program can also be used for finding desired Chinese sayings for just one key shortcut. You can choose to find word's normal usage, common sayings, proverbs, or even poems. HanWJ supports both simplified and traditional outputs. HanWJ has a huge Chinese-word database.

Selectable input candidate-bar style (font, size, color, and number of candidates per page). Word Forecast feature, which utilizes an abundance of words-for-words dependencies inherent in the Chinese language, projecting next word or sentence, based on the input seen. User interface language selectable. Added ways to input toned-pinyin.

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