五笔输入法

wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ

five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983

五

wǔ

five

笔

bǐ

writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1])

输

shū

to lose; to be beaten

入

rù

to enter; to go into

法

fǎ

old variant of 法[fa3]