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Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> writes:

> I am using chinese-py input method, but there is a character I cannot
> generate. It is ji (first tone), a polite address to a woman.  When I
> enter "ji", the character I want is not an option. Is this a font
> limitation or should I be entering the "ji" somehow with the first
> tone?

If this is what you want:

    ~姬	~姬	jī		A suffix used for a female friend, maiden. "Guniang" (Chinese: 姑娘; pinyin: gūniang) is sometimes used.

After typing "ji", it shows up as first one on the fifth page of the
candidates.  (Use arrow down to see next page)

-- 
William

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