Sogou Pinyin
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 Screenshot of Sogou Pinyin | |
| Developer(s) | Sohu |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2006 |
| Stable release | 11.5
/ 17 December 2021 |
| Operating system | Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Ubuntu, Mac OS X, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile, Android, iOS, OpenHarmony, HarmonyOS |
| Available in | Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Type | Input method |
| Website | pinyin |
Sogou Pinyin Method (Chinese: 搜狗拼音输入法; pinyin: Sōugǒu Pīnyīn Shūrùfǎ) is a popular Chinese Pinyin input method editor developed by Sohu.com, Inc. under its search engine brand name, Sogou.
Sogou Pinyin is a dominant input software in China. By July 2011, Sogou Pinyin had an 83.6% penetration rate with more than 300 million users.[1]
Features
[edit]Sogou Pinyin provides features for customizing its dictionary, appearance and function. The dictionary of Sogou Pinyin can be enriched by adding so-called cell dictionaries, which contain words in special fields.[2] The appearance of Sogou Pinyin can be changed using skins and animation.[3] The function of Sogou Pinyin can be extended using extensions such as mouse-writing.[4] Beside Pinyin input, it also includes stroke count method input.
Copyright conflict with Google Pinyin
[edit]In April 2007, Sohu threatened to sue Google because after Google Pinyin's initial release, it was soon discovered that Google Pinyin's dictionary database contained employee names of Sogou Pinyin.[5] On April 8, 2007, Google admitted that they used "non-Google database resources". Shortly thereafter, a new version of Google Pinyin was released which no longer appeared to be based on Sogou's database.[6]
Sogou Cloud Pinyin
[edit]In 2009, Sogou launched a Bookmarklet named Sogou Cloud Pinyin (搜狗云输入法) that can allow any major browser to input Chinese characters on a webpage without installing any new software or plugins. It uses JavaScript and Ajax on the browser and apparently cloud computing technology on the servers.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sogou Sets Sights on Google China".
- ^ "Sogou Pinyin Cell Dictionaries".
- ^ "Sogou Pinyin Skins".
- ^ "Sogou Pinyin Extensions".
- ^ Lemon, Sumner (2007-04-10). "Sohu Threatens to Sue Google". PC World. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ Lemon, Sumner (2007-04-09). "Google Admits Using Outside Source for Chinese App". PC World. Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2023-11-13.