Japanese (Romaji) keyboard or dictionary/look up trouble

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Japanese (Romaji) keyboard or dictionary/look up trouble

If I type in a word beginning with either ちゅう (cyuu) or ちょう (cyou) using the Japanese (Romaji) Keyboard I am not given any kanji to choose from that begin with the aforementioned sounds (which should be copious).

I have tried powering the device off/on, performing a reset (with the buttons), disabling and the re-enabling the keyboard in the settings, but the issue is still present.

I noticed this issue after moving to iOS 5. Anyone else experiencing this issue?

iPhone 4, iOS 5

Posted on Nov 8, 2011 8:19 PM

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Answer 1

dgturc83

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Nov 8, 2011 9:43 PM in response to google me

It seems OSX and iOS are a little different when it comes to Romanji. On my Mac I have to type cyuu to get ちゅう. However on my iPhone I have to type it as chyuu, which will give me a plethora of Kanji. Typing cyuu only gives me the options for Hiragana and Katakana. Oddly enough if I type chyuu on my mac it comes out cひゅう.

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google me Author

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Nov 8, 2011 10:15 PM in response to google me

Typing in chyuu or chyoo doesn't appear to work in iOS 5 (I ended up getting cひゅう and　cひょう respectively). I also failed to mention in my first post that the issue also affects ちゃ (when typed as cya). Too get around this issue for the time being I type in the letter "L" then followed by "yu" (to get ゅ), "ya" (to get ゃ), and "yo" (to get ょ) all following ち of course. This allows me to see the various kanji that start off with these sounds, but this shouldn't be they only way for me to view the kanji. Thanks for taking the time to reply to the original message. But I think this may require a software fix (I could be wrong though). Thanks again.

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dgturc83

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Nov 8, 2011 10:31 PM in response to google me

Hmm, interesting. Is the problem only with the combinations that begin with ち? Do しゃ　ひゃ　etc. work? As a temporary work around have you tried using the Kana keyboard (yeah it's a pain if you're not in high school) ?

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dgturc83

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Nov 8, 2011 10:42 PM in response to dgturc83

Did you try posting in the Japan forum? You'll have to create a new user name. I did a quick scan of the first page and didn't see anything ( my reading ability rather ***** though).

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google me Author

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Nov 8, 2011 10:50 PM in response to google me

The problem doesn't occur when using the kana keyboard (but the romaji keyboard is far easier to use). When using the romaji keyboard I can type in し(ゃょゅ),　ひ(ゃょゅ),　に(ゃょゅ), and so on then choose from the various kanji that show up above the keyboard. The issue seems to be with just ち(ゃょゅ) when you type in cya, cyo and cyu (I haven't noticed the issue elsewhere).

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dgturc83

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Nov 8, 2011 11:05 PM in response to google me

Did some more digging on the Japan forum. Seems like this person is have the same problem:

https://discussionsjapan.apple.com/thread/10098833

The person who replied with a helpful answer said they called Apple Support which said that it's a bug.

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google me Author

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Nov 8, 2011 11:09 PM in response to google me

Thanks for suggesting that I check out the Japanese Support Communities. I didn't even think about that. It appears to be a software problem (a community memeber stated that they called into Apple Support Center and was given this answer). So hopefully a fix will be rolled out in the next update.

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google me Author

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Nov 8, 2011 11:15 PM in response to google me

You beat me to the punch. Thanks again for your help.

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