Zhuyin Keyboard Test

The tester drawn as a Taiwanese keyboard with Zhuyin (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ) legends beside the Latin letters.

注音(繁體中文)·ANSI

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Keys that differ from US QWERTY

PositionUS QWERTYTraditional Chinese (Zhuyin)
1 key (number row)1!1!
2 key (number row)2@2@
3 key (number row)3#3#ˇ
4 key (number row)4$4$ˋ
5 key (number row)5%5%
6 key (number row)6^6^ˊ
7 key (number row)7&7&˙
8 key (number row)8*8*
9 key (number row)9(9(
0 key (number row)0)0)
- key-_-_
Q keyQQ
W keyWW
E keyEE
R keyRR
T keyTT
Y keyYY
U keyUU
I keyII
O keyOO
P keyPP
A keyAA
S keySS
D keyDD
F keyFF
G keyGG
H keyHH
J keyJJ
K keyKK
L keyLL
; key;:;:
Z keyZZ
X keyXX
C keyCC
V keyVV
B keyBB
N keyNN
M keyMM
, key,<,<
. key.>.>
/ key/?/?

The Zhuyin keyboard arrangement

Keyboards sold in Taiwan are US ANSI boards printed with Zhuyin symbols for the standard Bopomofo input method. The 37 symbols are arranged in columns: initials ㄅ ㄆ ㄇ ㄈ run down the 1-Q-A-Z column, ㄉ ㄊ ㄋ ㄌ down the next, and so on through ㄍ ㄎ ㄏ, ㄐ ㄑ ㄒ and ㄓ ㄔ ㄕ ㄖ ㄗ ㄘ ㄙ. The medials ㄧ ㄨ ㄩ and finals fill the right side, and the tone marks ˇ ˋ ˊ ˙ sit on 3, 4, 6 and 7. Many boards also print Cangjie radicals, which this page omits for clarity.

Testing a Taiwanese keyboard

Press every key; detection is by physical key, so it works whether a Chinese IME or English input is active. Composition through the IME does not interfere — the tester sees the key the moment it goes down. Use the record bar above the keyboard to see the actual character or symbol produced. If a Zhuyin symbol never appears but its key lights up here, the switch is fine and the IME is the thing to check.

Is this different from a Simplified Chinese keyboard?

Physically no: mainland keyboards are plain US ANSI boards with pinyin input, so they use the default US QWERTY tester. Zhuyin keyboards are the same hardware with extra legends, which is why this page exists — to show the symbols where they are printed.