Methods for writing Chinese channel names in ICOM amateur radio stations
Introduction
In this article, the ICOMChinese to English conversionThe operation is identical on all YAESU and KENWOOD amateur radios, as long as they support writing Japanese as a channel name.

You don't need to know Japanese to read this article; you just need to treat katakana as a symbol.
System preparation
The ICOM amateur radio system has two language options, and in the English setting, channel names containing non-English characters will display as. ----It also cannot accept non-English characters.
Therefore, to display the Chinese channel name, you need toSystem LanguageSet toJapanese/JapaneseAt this point, all system menu options will be displayed in Japanese. If you cannot read Japanese, you can find the corresponding options in the submenu.Display Language, set it toEnglish/EnglishOnce configured, the system will display in English and also support displaying Japanese.


Please note: InSystem LanguageSet toEnglish/EnglishAt that time, there was no…Display LanguageSettings.
Regarding Hanzi (Chinese characters)
In this article,The term "Japanese kanji" specifically refers to Japanese characters.The simplified Chinese characters used in China and Japan differ, resulting in some variations in spelling.Significant differences。And the two places have Chinese characters.The character sets are not identical.Some Chinese characters that exist in Mandarin do not exist in Japanese, and vice versa.
Font differences:
In Japanese IME (Input Method Editor), one or more kana are typically converted to one or more Kanji. However, in the built-inHan conversion (converting between Kanji and Kana)In the middle,One alias corresponds to one Chinese character.It's impossible to convert multiple Hanzi characters at once.
For example
- Microsoft Input Method - Japanese: Practice -> Hangzhou, Guangzhou... After the seminar, Zhou...
- Microsoft Input Method - Japanese: kuuchii -> Driving piles
- ICOM to Chinese conversion; く -> District sentence nine... Hangzhou...

- ICOM to Chinese conversion; done -> Nest, vinegar... province...

Therefore, when using ICOM to convert between Kanji and Katakana, you can only search for and input the corresponding Kanji by using the first Katakana character associated with that Kanji.

Note: It also exists in Japanese.HomophonesTherefore, if you can't find a particular character, you can try using another pronunciation.
Although the method may be a bit cumbersome, it allows for the operation of entering Chinese characters in channel names.
Ten-key phonetic substitution table
When entering katakana, you may not find the corresponding katakana on the keyboard. You can repeatedly press a specific katakana on the keyboard to cycle through them.
| Key | a | i | u | e | o |
| A | A | Okay. | U | Huh? | Hello |
| Okay | Okay | Okay | Okay | Okay | Okay |
| Okay. | Okay. | Yes | Okay. | Okay. | Okay. |
| Okay. | Okay. | Hi | Okay. | Okay. | And |
| Okay. | Okay. | to | No | Okay. | of |
| Is | Is | Hi | Huh | Hello | Hello |
| Okay. | Okay. | Okay. | No. | Okay. | Also |
| Okay. | Okay. | / | Yo | / | Okay. |
| Okay. | Okay. | / | / | / | to |
| Huh? | / | / | / | / | / |
Entering JIS area code
Some Chinese characters may not exist or be difficult to find in the ICOM Han conversion. ICOM also provides a method for inputting characters using JIS code.
Reference links:JIS Area Code Directory
Instructions for using the area code in the reference link.
Find the specific Chinese character you want to input, for example "Zhe", within the corresponding column in the input area.Plot 62, Area 1of 62, then take the Zhejiang Province's point-by-point column data.16, Zhejiang's+6Then, perform addition to obtain the result. 22 Finally, combine the two numbers to obtain the area code.6222Enter it to get the result.ZheOne word



Mapping between Japanese characters and Hanzi (Chinese characters)
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