The following custom input method files are freely available for users of BabelPad. You may modify them as you wish. If you have created a custom input method for BabelPad that you would like to share with other BabelPad users, please email it to me and I will add it to this page.
| Script | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopic | Tigrinya (Microsoft) | Input method for Tigrinya using the mappings defined in Microsoft's Tigrinya Input Method. |
| Gothic | Gothic | Keyboard mapping for Gothic. |
| Han (CJKV) | Hanyu Pinyin (simplified and traditional) | Mandarin pinyin input method based on readings given in Xiàndài Hànyǔ Cídiǎn 现代汉语词典 (2nd ed., 1983 and 6th ed., 2015) and Tōngyòng Guīfàn Hànzì Zìdiǎn 通用规范汉字字典 (2013), with characters sharing the same reading ordered by frequency. Covers both simplified form and traditional form characters, with traditional forms placed immediately after the corresponding simplified form. Includes 14,805 readings for 13,108 CJK unified ideographs. This is my recommended pinyin input method for single characters. |
| Hanyu Dazidian (traditional) | Mandarin pinyin input method based on readings given in Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn 漢語大字典 (1986-1990). Characters with the same readings are ordered by code point value. Covers traditional form characters only. Includes 44,826 readings for 34,129 CJK unified ideographs. Includes many obscure characters, and many unusual readings for common characters. | |
| Hanyu Dazidian plus Simplified (traditional and simplified) | Mandarin pinyin input method based on readings given in Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn 漢語大字典 (1986-1990). Characters with the same readings are ordered by code point value. Covers traditional form and simplified form characters, with simlified forms placed immediately after the corresponidng traditional form. Includes 50,896 readings for 38,134 CJK unified ideographs. | |
| Xiandai Hanyu Cidian 1983 (simplified and traditional) | Mandarin pinyin input method based on readings given in Xiàndài Hànyǔ Cídiǎn 现代汉语词典 (2nd ed., 1983). Characters sharing the same reading are ordered by their position in the dictionary. Includes 12,453 readings for 11,055 CJK unified ideographs. | |
| Jyutping (simplified and traditional) | Cantonese jyutping input method. Includes 29,294 readings for 23,250 CJK unified ideographs. | |
| Chinese Dayi (Microsoft) | Chinese DaYi 大易 input method using the mappings defined in Microsoft's Chinese Traditional DaYi Input Method. | |
| Chinese Array (Microsoft) | Chinese Array input method using the mappings defined in Microsoft's Chinese Traditional Array Input Method. | |
| Grammata Serica Recensa | Chinese input method using the codes given in Bernard Karlgren's Grammata Serica Recensa (1957). Covers 7,434 CJK unified ideographs. | |
| Vietnamese | Input method for Chinese (chữ hán) and Vietnamese (chữ nôm) characters using Vietnamese readings in VIQR transliteration (readings derived from the kVietnamese field in Unihan_Readings.txt in Unihan database v. 11.0). | |
| CangJie5 | CangJie input method covering the whole range of Unicode 14.0 CJKV characters plus punctuation, ideographic description characters, and more. This version is neutral with respect to simplified and traditional Chinese characters. Provided and maintained by Charlie Ruland. | |
| CangJie5-Hans | CangJie input method covering the whole range of Unicode 14.0 CJKV characters plus punctuation, ideographic description characters, and more. This version gives preference to frequent simplified Chinese characters. Provided and maintained by Charlie Ruland. | |
| CangJie5-Hant | CangJie input method covering the whole range of Unicode 14.0 CJKV characters plus punctuation, ideographic description characters, and more. This version gives preference to traditional Chinese characters. Provided and maintained by Charlie Ruland. | |
| Marchen | Marchen | Keyboard mapping for Marchen. |
| Mongolian | Mongolian | Keyboard mapping for Mongolian. |
| Todo | Keyboard mapping for Todo. | |
| Manchu | Keyboard mapping for Manchu. | |
| Sibe | Keyboard mapping for Sibe. | |
| Ogham | Ogham | Keyboard mapping for Ogham. |
| Phags-pa | Phags-pa | Keyboard mapping for Phags-pa. |
| Runic | Runic (Elder Fuþark) | Keyboard mapping for the the Common Germanic fuþark (Elder Fuþark). |
| Runic (short-twig runes) | Keyboard mapping for the Swedish-Norwegian Fuþąrk (short-twig runes). | |
| Runic (long-branch runes) | Keyboard mapping for the Danish Fuþąrk (long-branch runes). | |
| Runic (Nordic mixed runes) | Keyboard mapping for the Nordic Mixed Rune fuþąrk. | |
| Runic (dotted runes) | Keyboard mapping for the Scandinavian Pointed Runic Alphabet (dotted runes). | |
| Runic (Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc) | Keyboard mapping for the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc. | |
| Soyombo | Soyombo | Keyboard mapping for Soyombo. |
| Tangut | Tangut (stroke codes) | Stroke-based input method for Tangut ideographs and radicals based on the stroke codes defined in WG2 N4522 Table 2. Covers all 6,145 Tangut ideographs and 768 Tangut components defined in Unicode 13.0. |
| Tangut (Miyake) | Phonetic input method for Tangut ideographs based on the complex phonetic transcriptions in Marc Miyake's Tangut phonetic database version 1.3.1 (see Tangut Phonetic Database Version 1.0 for explanation). | |
| Tibetan | Tibetan | Keyboard mapping for Tibetan. |
| Yi | Nuosu | Input method for Liangshan Yi - Nuosu phonetic syllables and radicals. |
| Nuosu (Microsoft) | Input method for Liangshan Yi - Nuosu using the mappings defined in Microsoft's Yi Input Method. | |
| Zanabazar Square | Zanabazar | Keyboard mapping for Zanabazar Square. |