Chinese Etymology


This site uses ActiveX Server Pages ASP.NET. It should force your browser into UTF8 encoding so you can read both simplified and traditional characters on the same web page. If not, try setting your browser encoding manually to UTF-8.

You should have enabled system locals for both Simplified Chinese GB2312-80 and traditional Chinese Big5. 

You should have enabled some input method editor(s) that will allow you to input both Simplified and Traditional Chinese in UTF8 encoding.

You should have a font that at least displays Chinese characters from the CJK Unified Ideographs (Common Chinese) for very rare characters the font should have characters from CJK extension A and extension B

Operating Systems Requirements 

Windows 2003 - How to enable Chinese

Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options
Language -> Install files for Asian Languages. (You may need your setup disk)
This enables your system to function in Chinese.
Language -> Text services and Input Languages (You may need your setup disk)
Install QuanPin input method for Simplified Chinese and any other input method editors you like to use.

Windows 2000 and Windows XP - How to enable Chinese

Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options
Language -> Install files for Asian Languages. (You may need your setup disk)
This enables your system to function in Chinese.
Language -> Text services and Input Languages (You may need your setup disk)
Install QuanPin input method for Simplified Chinese and any other input method editors you like to use.

Windows Me - How to enable Chinese Not tested yet

Windows 98 - How to enable Chinese Not tested yet

Linux - How to enable Chinese

Solaris - How to enable Chinese

Mac OS X - How to enable Chinese

Browser Requirements

Internet Explorer - Has been shown to work on Windows 2003/2000/XP

Netscape - not yet tested

Modzila - has been shown to work on Mac OS X

                 has been shown to work on Linux

Sarari Browser - Comes with Mac OS 10.2.8 or can be downloaded from the Apple site. It has been shown to work on Mac OS X

You need to set the encoding by going to Preferences/Appearance and changing Default Encoding to Unicode (UTF-8).

Konq - has been shown to work on Linux

 

 


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