Chinese Handwriting input for Windows 10

I cannot use the Chinese handwriting input in Windows 10.

I have followed the suggestion as proposed by other helpers in this site.

i.e. Go to Settings > Time & language > Region & language > Add a language

Then Choose «Options» in Chinese (Hong Kong SAR)

It says «There are no handwriting options for this language»

Anyone knows how to make the handwriting options available?

For you info, my computer is a Dell Home PC.

Thank you for the update and apologies for late response.

Let’s try the following and check.

a. Open the Start menu and select Settings.

b. Then in Settings, select «Time & language» (After this is set up, you can just click at the bottom of the input methods menu. And a right-click on the old-style taskbar input method button goes even deeper).

c. This will take you to the Time & Language settiings. In the «Region and Language» section, under «Languages», select «Add a language»:

d. Scroll to the right as needed to find «Chinese (Simplified)» and/or «Chinese (Traditional)» in the list:

«Chinese (Simplified)» actually includes a Traditional character option, and «Chinese (Traditional)» includes a Simplified character option, each with some limitations.

The default Chinese «region» choices are mainland China and Hong Kong for most users of an English-language Windows release. Microsoft has put the Traditional character display language pack downloads only in the Hong Kong settings. (Unlike Windows 8 the Taiwan and Macau locales do offer the handwriting feature, and all include speech.)

When you’re done, back in the Languages section you’ll find the regions you’ve selected. When you click on their names, you’ll be rewarded with the three buttons you see here. For now, select «Options»:

The default keyboard for PRC and Singapore is Microsoft Pinyin. The default keyboard for Taiwan is Microsoft Bopomofo, but for Hong Kong it’s Microsoft Quick (a quicker Cangjie). Click «Add a keyboard» to select another from the menu. A keyboard that has been selected can be removed by clicking on the name and selecting «Remove».

«MS Bopomofo» supports Hanyu Pinyin in addition to Zhuyin Fuhao. On the next page you can change the keyboard to Hanyu Pinyin, and on later pages we can use this IME for Simplified characters, and use MS Pinyin for Traditional characters, as well as the display language, handwriting, and speech features.

The Cantonese Phonetic input method (Jyutping) was added in an automated update to Windows 10, but it cannot be selected from the menu shown above.

Now you can click on the name of each input method editor (IME) you’ve chosen, to get at the Options buttons.

Windows 10 Chinese Hong Kong Traditional Handwriting Disappeared.

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Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

Press Windows key + X on the desktop Screen and select Control Panel .

Select Language and click on Add a Language .

For Traditional Chinese, select «Options» for your Hong Kong regional language settings.

If you have already selected «Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)», you must first remove it before you can install the Hong Kong version.

Select «Download and install language pack» to install these optional handwriting and display language features.

I suggest you to refer the link below and check if it helps.

How to add an input language to your PC

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist

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Windows 10 Chinese (Traditional) language option differences?

When I try to add Traditional Chinese language to Windows 10, I have 3 choices:

What are the differences with these options? How do I choose one over the other?

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What are their differences?

Chinese Language Features in Windows 10 & Windows 8

The «Simplified, China» and «Simplified, Singapore» regional options include the Microsoft Pinyin phonetic input method, formerly known as SimpleFast until Windows 8.1. The MSPY New Experience input method has been retired, but in Windows 8.1 the popular Wubi stroke-based input method was added. New Experience was my favorite, but in China most users prefer Pinyin input methods that visually separate each syllable. See the list of setup pages below to get started.

The «Traditional, Taiwan», Hong Kong, and Macau regional variants include the New Phonetic input method, renamed «Bopomofo» in Windows 8.1 even though it will do Zhuyin and Pinyin. Also included are Cantonese Phonetic (CPIME, see the next paragraph), Changjie (Cangjie), Quick, Traditional Dayi, and Traditional Array. Although Bopomofo is the default keyboard for Taiwan, and Quick is the default for Hong Kong, these are easily changed. See the links at the bottom of this page for setup instructions.

How do I choose one over the other?

Chinese Pinyin Setup in Windows 10

Some of you may choose based on which input method you prefer. But it’s often very important to make your choice based on the region you are in or communicate with most — mainland/Singapore vs. Taiwan/HK/Macau — to match the encoding underlying your documents and messages. This helps avoid future technical problems, like unrecoverable scrambled messages full of question marks, «tofu blocks», and other garbage characters.

To make matters even more confusing, many people in Singapore use the Taiwan or HK locales for Traditional characters, and many in Hong Kong/Macau use the PRC locale for Simplified. And, the Taiwan/HK/Macau settings offer a choice of Big5 or Unicode. It’s best to ask people about their settings before sending much, if they know.

The default Chinese «region» choices are mainland China and Hong Kong for most users of an English-language Windows release. Microsoft has put the Traditional character display language pack downloads only in the Hong Kong settings. (Unlike Windows 8 the Taiwan and Macau locales do offer the handwriting feature, and all include speech.)

Traditional Chinese pinyin keyboard in window 10

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I didn’t go back to check all answers, but if you still have problem using Pinyin input for Traditional Chinese Character here’s how:

Windows setting -> Region and language -> add a language -> Chinese traditional -> Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) -> go back to Region & language page and click on 中文(台灣) -> options -> Microsoft Bopomofo-> options -> Keyboard layout, at drop down choose HanYu Pinyin. Happy typing.

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Then click on Microsoft Pinyin, and click on its Options. Then choose «Traditional Chinese» in the Character set.

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Then click on Microsoft Pinyin, and click on its Options. Then choose «Traditional Chinese» in the Character set.

They removed «Options“ =_=

You have to go to Settings app. Long story short, they hid the button.

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got this new computer with Window 10. I need Chinese language supports on top of English.

I am quite familiar with Chinese Pinyin inputs on window 7 and order. Now I have no problem inputting simplified Chinese, but .

the for traditional Chinese characters, by using Microsoft Bopomofo input (even after selecting Hanyu Pinyin keyboard), you don’t get to select the right character from a list of similar sounding characters, often time it gives (forces) you the wrong one and this is frustrating. Why can you not make it work just like the simplified Chinese inputs?

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Microsoft Traditional Chinese IME

User interface

Conversion candidate window offers candidates whose strokes match with what you type.

Before focus enters the candidate window

Enter candidate window.

Change to another candidate without opening candidate window.

With focus inside the candidate window

Move the selection down.

Move the selection up.

Expand to table view.

Expand to table view.

Select the corresponding candidate.

Select the focused candidate.

IME suggests the Bopomofo reading of what you type at the last candidate in candidate window.

If your key sequence does not match with Bopomofo combinations, IME can automatically change what you type in Chinese mode to Alphanumeric characters. To use this feature, turn on [Automatically change key sequence in Chinese mode to Alphanumeric characters] in IME settings > [General].

Associate phrase window offers associated candidates relevant to what you select from Conversion candidate window. You can select a candidate by pressing Shift + number.

Prerequisite: Turn on [Prompt associated phrases of the input characters] in IME settings > [General].

Select the corresponding candidate.

IME supports a UI called IME toolbar which offers an alternative way to quickly invoke specific IME functions. IME toolbar is the UI renewed from the language bar.

Launch IME toolbar: Right click IME mode icon in notification area > [Show/hide IME toolbar]

Keyboard shortcuts

IME offers keys or combinations of keys to use IME functions.

Switch between English and Chinese mode.

Switch character width between full-width and half-width.

Ctrl + symbol (e.g. Ctrl + comma)

Insert the corresponding full-width symbol.

Note: If a symbol corresponds to a shifted key, you need to press Shift before pressing the symbol key. (e.g. Ctrl + Shift + ? to insert “?”)

Backquote (`) + symbol key (e.g. Backquote + comma)

Insert the corresponding full-width symbol.

Note: If a symbol corresponds to a shifted key, you need to press Shift before pressing the symbol key. (e.g. Backquote + Shift + ? to insert “?”)

Note: Effective in Chinese mode.

Ctrl + Alt + comma

Show the symbol keyboard. You can insert a symbol by continuously pressing a corresponding key.

Note: Effective in Chinese mode.

Backquote (`) + U + Unicode + Space

Insert a corresponding character (e.g. Backquote + U + “4e00” + Space to insert «一»).

Note: Effective in Chinese mode.

Backquote (`) + B + Big5 codepoint

Insert a corresponding character (e.g. Backquote + B + “A440” to insert «一»).

Note: Effective in Chinese mode.

IME settings

IME settings are located at

[Start] > [Settings] > [Time & Language] > [Language] > Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR), or Chinese (Traditional, Macao SAR) [ Options] > Microsoft Bopomofo [Options]

To reach IME settings, you can also search “Chinese” in [Start] > [Settings], or press [Settings] in the context menu (right click menu) of the IME mode icon in notification area.

Key customization

IME offers capability to customize keyboard layout in IME settings > Windows 10 chinese traditional hong kong. As of Windows 10 October 2020 Update, IME supports the following layouts.

Standard

HanYu Pinyin
You can use HanYu Pinyin layout in one of the following ways.

Type HanYu Pinyin followed by a tone. (e.g. Type “zhu4yin1” to get “注音”) Note: Number 1 to 5 key represent the four tones and the neutral tone.

Type HanYu Pinyin without tones, and then press Enter or Space to convert. (e.g. Type “zhuyin” and press Enter / Space to get “注音”)

Type HanYu Pinyin followed by Space as a tone wildcard, and then press Enter or Space to convert. (e.g. Type “zhu yin “ and press Enter / Space to get “注音”)

Eten

Taiwan Pinyin
You can use Taiwan Pinyin layout in one of the following ways.

Type Taiwan Pinyin followed by a tone. (e.g. Type “jhu4yin1” to get “注音”) Note: Number 1 to 5 key represent the four tones and the neutral tone.

Type Taiwan Pinyin without tones, and then press Enter or Space to convert. (e.g. Type “jhuyin” and press Enter / Space to get “注音”)

Type Taiwan Pinyin followed by Space as a tone wildcard, and then press Enter or Space to convert. (e.g. Type “jhu yin “ and press Enter / Space to get “注音”)

How can I give feedback?

If you encounter any problems or have suggestions regarding Microsoft IME, please give us feedback through the Feedback Hub. You can open the Feedback Hub from [Send feedback] in the context menu (right click menu) of the IME mode icon in notification area or click here. Your feedback goes directly to our engineers working to improve IME. For more on steps for providing feedback, please refer to Send feedback with the feedback hub app.

Compatibility

Microsoft Bopomofo IME was renewed as of Windows 10 October 2020 Update (Version 2004). IME supports a compatibility setting in IME settings > [General]. If you encounter issues with the new IME, you can enable the previous version of IME by turning on [Use previous version of Microsoft Bopomofo]. We continue to improve the new IME. So please also consider filing feedback to help us deliver great features.

User interface

Conversion candidate window offers candidates whose strokes match with what you type.

Move the selection down.

Move the selection up.

Expand to table view.

Expand to table view.

Select the corresponding candidate.

Select the focused candidate.

Associate phrase window offers associated candidates relevant to what you type. You can select a candidate by pressing Shift + number.

Select the corresponding candidate.

IME settings

IME settings are located at

[Start] > [Settings] > [Time & Language] > [Language] > Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR), or Chinese (Traditional, Macao SAR) [Options] > Microsoft ChangJie or Microsoft Quick [Options]

To reach IME settings, you can also press [Settings] in the context menu (right click menu) of the IME mode icon in notification area.

How can I give feedback?

If you encounter any problems or have suggestions regarding Microsoft IME, please give us feedback through the Feedback Hub. You can open the Feedback Hub from [Send feedback] in the context menu (right click menu) of the IME mode icon in notification area or click here. Your feedback goes directly to our engineers working to improve IME. For more on steps for providing feedback, please refer to Send feedback with the feedback hub app.

Compatibility

Microsoft ChangJie IME and Quick IME was renewed as of Windows 10 October 2020 Update (Version 2004). IME supports a compatibility setting in IME settings > [General]. If you encounter issues with the new IME, you can enable the previous version of IME by turning on [Use previous version of Microsoft ChangJie] or [Use previous version of Microsoft Quick]. We continue to improve the new IME. So please also consider filing feedback to help us deliver great input experience to you.