> A Chinese character is written as

<radical>+<something

> else>
> The number of <radical>'s is a limited set (214),

but

> the number of <something else>'s is not. What you

are

> envisioning would be either (a) impossible to
> implement or (b) far too complex to use by end-users
> (how many Chinese use CangJie?)

The form of a Chinese character cannot vary without
limit and in
unpredictable ways. The number 214 is not sacrosanct,
and there are
around 900 "phonetics" in one list

>>>>

Yes, but even taking your and Marco's remarks into
account, the system Marco envisioned would only cover
about 90% of Hànzì without complex input. Using Pinyin
input covers 100% of Hànzì without complex manipulations.






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