Coding scheme of character pronunciation and shape front and back codes
By using a hybrid encoding scheme that combines phonetic codes from multiple regions with shape-based decomposition codes, the problems of numerous homophones, long codes, and high learning costs in existing character symbol retrieval schemes are solved, enabling fast and convenient character symbol retrieval and storage.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202610217647.2
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2026-02-20
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-15
AI Technical Summary
Existing character symbol retrieval schemes suffer from problems such as too many homophones, excessively long codes, high learning costs, and a lack of support for pronunciation in multiple dialects. Furthermore, the complex encoding of radicals and stroke order leads to low retrieval efficiency.
It adopts a hybrid encoding scheme that combines multi-regional pronunciation phonetic codes and shape decomposition shape codes. By splitting the initial consonant, final vowel and shape structure, and combining stroke order encoding, it provides a minimum of two and a maximum of five codes for fast retrieval and storage.
It reduces the difficulty of searching for homophones, simplifies the encoding length, lowers the learning difficulty, supports pronunciation in multiple dialects, and improves search efficiency and storage convenience.
Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present invention relates to a scheme for encoding information with literal symbols, providing convenient retrieval, query and storage requirements, and encoding according to the pronunciation system and shape decomposition of literal symbols. Background Art
[0002] The existing retrieval schemes for literal symbols have the following limitations: 1. Retrieval by pinyin scheme. After retrieving according to initials and finals, there will be many homophonic characters. At this time, further screening needs to be done by sequential visual search, and the encoding reaches 6 (e.g., shuang); 2. Retrieval by radical scheme. After searching according to the radicals of literal symbols, further search by stroke order is required. It is not certain whether the radical is at the beginning or the end, and the stroke order needs to be counted; 3.五笔编码 in the input method scheme requires disassembling a large number of glyph components as radicals for encoding. The disassembling is too complex and the learning cost is too high; 4. Stroke order encoding in the input method scheme classifies all Chinese character stroke orders into five types of strokes and encodes according to the stroke order. The encoding length depends on the number of strokes, and the encoding is too long; 5. Two-stroke encoding in the input method scheme combines the five types of strokes in pairs to have 25 two-stroke encodings. Two stroke orders are used as a two-stroke encoding (e.g., horizontal-horizontal, horizontal-vertical, vertical-horizontal). The first code of a character is taken as the initial, and then two-stroke encoding is taken according to the stroke order of a character. At most three two-stroke encodings are taken according to the glyph. The limitation is that it relies too much on stroke order and lacks radical retrieval; 6. Lack of retrieval for multiple dialect pronunciations of a character. Summary of the Invention
[0003] The present invention provides a multi-region pronunciation and a coding method that decomposes the shape of ideographic characters and ideophonetic characters into two front and back shape combinations to quickly retrieve unique symbols, reducing sequential visual search by humans, and reducing problems such as too many homophonic characters, too long encoding, too many duplicate codes, and too high learning cost in the input method scheme. The encoding rules are as follows: 1. The pronunciation syllable of the literal symbol is the sound code. The initial (consonant) is taken as one encoding, and the final (vowel) is taken as one encoding. Multiple regional dialects can also be used as sound codes for encoding; 2. The decomposition of literal symbols is mainly based on radicals. The shape structure of the literal symbol is continuously bisected multiple times to form shape codes (e.g., for "藻", it is bisected into "艹澡", "澡" is bisected into "氵喿", "喿" is bisected into "品木", and finally the shape of "藻" is decomposed into "艹氵口口口木"). The first shape code is taken as the front shape, the last one is taken as the back shape, and the remaining shape codes can be used as optional shapes for auxiliary screening; 3. For the decomposition of literal symbols, when the shape structure of literal symbols is not easily distinguishable, the stroke order is used as the shape code. The stroke order can be encoded more precisely (such as the folded, hooked strokes), or two-stroke combinations of the five basic strokes can be used (such as horizontal-horizontal, horizontal-vertical, vertical-horizontal). The first stroke combination is taken as the front shape, and the second stroke combination is taken as the back shape; 4. For retrieval and storage requirements, a combination of shape codes and phonetic codes is used, with a minimum of two codes and a maximum of five codes. Detailed implementation
[0004] For the pronunciation syllables of ideographic and ideophonetic characters in each region as "phonetic codes", they are divided into initials (consonants) and finals (vowels) according to the pronunciation syllables: 1. For Mandarin in the Chinese region, the initials and finals of Mandarin are used, or phonetic symbols can also be used; 2. In the Cantonese region, the initials and finals of Cantonese are used; 3. For Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, vowels and consonants are used.
[0005] For the shape of ideographic and ideophonetic characters, it is decomposed into "shape codes", and the decomposition rules are as follows: 1. Shape decomposition is carried out according to the composition structure (such as upper-lower structure, left-right structure, semi-enclosed structure, enclosed structure), and components with high repetition are decomposed (such as radicals and radicals). Similar components can be combined into the same component (such as combining "土" and "士" into "土"); 2. When the shape structure is integral and it is a component combination, it should be decomposed (such as "果" is decomposed into "田木", and "里" is decomposed into "田土"); 3. When the shape structure is integral and it is not a component combination, it is decomposed according to the writing stroke order. According to the stroke type, the shape code is decomposed. When a stroke is high-frequency (such as the five basic strokes of horizontal, vertical, left-falling, dot, and fold), every two strokes can be used as a shape code (such as the stroke order of "两" is "horizontal-vertical-fold-left-falling-dot-left-falling-dot", and every two strokes are decomposed into shape codes "horizontal-vertical + fold-left-falling + dot-left-falling + dot"), and when a stroke is low-frequency, it can be used as a single shape code (such as the folded, hooked strokes); 4. The shape structure is continuously split by binary division multiple times (such as "藻" is divided into "艹澡", "澡" is divided into "氵喿", "喿" is divided into "品木", and finally the shape of "藻" is decomposed into "艹氵口口口木"); 5. For the shape code obtained by shape decomposition, the first shape code is used as the "front shape", the last shape code of the decomposition is used as the "back shape", and the remaining shape codes can be used as "selected shapes" to assist in screening and storage discrimination; 6. When using stroke sequence decomposition, since it is difficult to determine the last stroke, the last stroke may not be used as the post-form. Instead, select the form codes in sequence according to the stroke sequence. For example, the first one is used as the pre-form, the second one as the post-form, and the third one as the selected form; or the first one as the post-form and the second one as the selected form.
[0006] Examples of form code splitting: Character symbol Splitting rule Structure bipartition Shape code splitting Front shape Back shape Shape selection Wood Component Wood Wood Wood Xiang Structure Wood and eye Wood and eye Wood Eye Xiang Structure Wood and heart Wood, eye and heart Wood Heart Eye Middle Stroke order Vertical fold, horizontal, vertical Vertical fold Horizontal, vertical Zheng Stroke order Horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal Horizontal, vertical Horizontal, vertical Horizontal Zhong First structure then stroke order Radical 'Ren' and middle Radical 'Ren', vertical fold, horizontal, vertical Radical 'Ren' Vertical fold Horizontal, vertical Zhong First structure then stroke order Center Vertical fold, horizontal, vertical, heart Vertical fold Heart Horizontal, vertical
[0007] Coding rules for mixed combinations: 1. The text has two types of coding information, phonetic code and form code. It is not necessary to use all two types of coding information for combination. Partial coding can be used for combination to meet the needs of retrieval and storage. 2. The selected form is not a necessary coding. It can be used as a discriminative coding when the pre-form and post-form codes are the same (for example, the selected forms of "辩" and "辫" are "讠" and "纟" respectively).
[0008] Example 1 of mixed coding: adopt the scheme of initial (consonant) + pre-form + post-form + selected form; select the initial, blur the final, to facilitate the retrieval of a certain phonetically and visually similar text character: Character symbol Initial consonant Front shape Back shape Shape selection (not necessary) Mu m Asterisk Sun Sun Mu m Asterisk Strength Sun Tomb m Asterisk Earth Sun Curtain m Asterisk Towel Sun Sun r Sun Yue y Sun Xiang x Wood Eye Xiang x Wood Heart Eye Zao z Three dots water Wood Mouth Zao z Asterisk Wood Three dots water Zao z Mouth Wood Mouth Zao z Fire Wood Mouth
[0009] Example 2 of mixed coding: adopt the scheme of final (vowel) + pre-form + post-form + selected form; select the final to facilitate the retrieval of rhyming text characters: Character symbol Final consonant Front shape Back shape Shape selection (not necessary) Ying ing Asterisk Vertical fold Horizontal hook Jing ing Asterisk Cutting tool Open Jing ing Asterisk Strokes radicals Mouth Jing ing Asterisk Mouth Strokes radicals Qing ing Asterisk Hand Strokes radicals Ling ing Asterisk Strokes radicals Earth Ming ing Asterisk Mouth Evening star Ping ing Asterisk Horizontal dot Horizontal hook Ping ing Asterisk Horizontal dot Three dots water
[0010] Example 3 of mixed coding: adopt the scheme of pre-form + post-form + phonetic code; to facilitate the retrieval of text characters with similar shapes. The phonetic code can be an initial (consonant) or a final (vowel). According to needs, a second phonetic code can be added, or a selected form can be added: Character symbol Front shape Back shape Initial consonant Final consonant (not necessary) Gou Asterisk Mouth g ou Hui Asterisk Mouth h ui Ming Asterisk Mouth m ing Qie Asterisk Mouth q ie Qiang Asterisk Mouth q iang Ruo Asterisk Mouth r ou Rong Asterisk Mouth r ong Ying Asterisk Mouth y ing
[0011] Example 4 of mixed coding: adopt the scheme of initial (consonant) + final (vowel) + form code, to facilitate the retrieval of homophonous text characters. The form code can be the pre-form, post-form, or selected form without order requirements. According to needs, a second form code and a third form code can be added: Character symbol Initial consonant Final consonant Front shape (not necessary) Back shape (not necessary) Shape selection (not necessary) Stone sh i Horizontal hook Mouth Room sh i Upper part of a house Earth Horizontal fold Shi sh i Mouth Sun Horizontal, vertical Lion sh i Radical 'Dog' Horizontal, vertical Vertical left hook [[ID=21 i i i i i i i
Claims
1. A scheme for encoding the shape, front shape, and back shape of literal symbols with sounds, characterized by: (1) Decompose and split the shapes of ideographic and phono-semantic characters into shape codes. The first shape code obtained from the decomposition and splitting is used as the front shape, and the last shape code is used as the back shape. The remaining shape codes can be used for optional shape-assisted screening, storage, and discrimination. (2) Take the pronunciation syllables of ideographic and phono-semantic characters in each region as sound codes, and distinguish them into initials (consonants) and finals (vowels) according to the pronunciation syllables. (3) Use a mixed combination of shape codes and sound codes for retrieval and storage needs, with at least two codes and at most five codes.
2. The solution according to claim 1, characterized in that, The rules for decomposing and splitting the shapes of ideographic and phono-semantic characters: (1) Decompose and split the shape according to the composition structure (such as upper-lower structure, left-right structure, semi-enclosed structure, enclosed structure), and split out components with high repetition (such as radicals and radicals). Similar components can be combined into the same component (such as combining "土" and "士" into "土"). (2) When the shape structure is integral and it is a component combination, it should be decomposed (such as splitting "果" into "田木" and "里" into "田土"). (3) Continuously split the shape structure by binary splitting multiple times (such as splitting "藻" into "艹澡", then splitting "澡" into "氵喿", and then splitting "喿" into "品木". Finally, the shape of "藻" is split into "艹氵口口口木").
3. The solution according to claim 1, characterized in that, The rules for non-structural decomposition and splitting of the shapes of ideographic and phono-semantic characters: (1) When the shape structure is integral and it is not a component combination, decompose it according to the writing stroke order and decompose the shape codes according to the stroke type. (2) When a stroke is high-frequency (such as the five strokes of horizontal, vertical, left-falling, dot, and fold), every two strokes can be used as a shape code (such as the stroke order of "两" being "横竖折撇点撇点", and every two strokes are split into shape codes "横竖 + 折撇 + 点撇 + 点"). (3) When a stroke is low-frequency, one stroke can be used as a shape code (such as the stroke order of fold,弯钩). (4) For the shape codes decomposed from the stroke order, select the second shape code as the back shape and the third shape code as the optional shape according to the retrieval or coding needs, or select the last shape code as the back shape and the remaining shape codes as the optional shape according to the retrieval or coding needs. (5) Ideographic and phono-semantic characters can use different stroke order types (such as five stroke types, ten stroke types), and the same literal symbol can use multiple stroke order types to generate multiple encodings.
4. The solution according to claim 1, characterized in that, The coding rules for sound codes: A literal symbol has different pronunciations in multiple regions, and a literal symbol uses multiple pronunciation syllable encodings (such as the Chinese, Cantonese, Minnan dialect, Wu dialect, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese of Chinese characters), and uses the corresponding regional pronunciation system (such as the initials and finals of pinyin and phonetic notations, and the consonants and vowels of Japanese and Korean).
5. The solution according to claim 1, characterized in that, The coding rules for mixed combinations: (1) A character has two types of coding information, namely shape codes and sound codes. It is not necessary to use all two types of coding information for combination. Partial coding can be used for combination to provide retrieval and storage needs. (2) The optional shape does not have to be a necessary code. It can be used as a discriminative code when the front shape and the back shape codes are the same (such as the optional shapes of "辩" and "辫" are "讠" and "纟" respectively).
6. The rule according to claim 5, characterized in that, Combination rules: (1) Using a combination of initial consonant (consonant) + front shape + back shape + shape selection, the initial consonant is selected and the final vowel is fuzzy, which makes it convenient to search for a character with similar sound and shape; (2) The combination of vowel + front shape + back shape + selection shape is adopted to select the vowel, which makes it convenient to search for rhyming characters; (3) The combination of front shape + back shape + phonetic code is adopted to facilitate the retrieval of characters with similar shapes. The phonetic code can be an initial consonant or a final vowel. A second phonetic code can be added as needed, or a shape selection can be added. (4) The combination of initial consonant (consonant) + final vowel (vowel) + shape code is adopted to facilitate the retrieval of homophone characters. The shape code can be the first shape, the last shape, or the selected shape without any order requirements. A second shape code and a third shape code can be added as needed.