How can I typeset CJK strokes in LaTex file?

Question

I am writing a thesis on Chinese handwriting. I need to typeset some special characters(㇀㇁㇂㇃㇄㇅㇆㇇㇈㇉㇊㇋㇌㇍㇎㇏ etc. ) (they are CJK strokes)

I want to use unicode in the text files to represent the strokes, i.e. \symbol{"31C0} should give me ㇀, because not all strokes can be rendered by my browser.

Is there anyway I can achieve this?

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 04 '20 at 15:09

5

With the latest versions of babel and lualatex, using a font from the Noto family:

 \documentclass{article}

 \usepackage[english]{babel}
 \babelprovide[onchar= ids fonts]{chinese}
 \babelfont[chinese]{rm}{NotoSerifCJKsc-Regular.otf}

 \begin{document}

 Chinese strokes: ㇀ ㇁ ㇂ ㇃ ㇄ ㇅ ㇆ ㇇ ㇈ ㇉ ㇊ ㇋ ㇌ ㇍ ㇎ ㇏.

 \end{document}

answered Feb 04 '20 at 15:09

Javier Bezos

10,003

I get this: Package babel Warning: The following fonts are not babel standard families: * \rmfamily = lmr "[lmroman10-regular]:mapping=tex-text;" at 10.0pt * \sffamily = lmss "[lmsans10-regular]:mapping=tex-text;" at 10.0pt * \ttfamily = lmtt "[lmmono10-regular]:" at 10.0pt There is nothing intrinsically wrong with it, but 'babel' will no set Script and Language. Consider defining a new family with \babelfont. Reported on input line 2. – Patrick Liu Feb 04 '20 at 15:34
See https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/511079/why-babel-produce-warnings-about-rmfamily-and-ttfamily-with-babelfont#511296 . And the current manual, too. You may need to upgrade. – Javier Bezos Feb 04 '20 at 15:35

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 04 '20 at 14:11

4

You simply need a suitable font and then you can use lualatex or xelatex:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec} %
\newfontfamily\chinesefont{Microsoft JhengHei UI}
\begin{document}

{\chinesefont ㇀ ㇁ ㇂ ㇃ ㇄ ㇅ ㇆ ㇇ ㇈ ㇉ ㇊ ㇋ ㇌ ㇍ ㇎ ㇏}

\end{document}

answered Feb 04 '20 at 14:11

Ulrike Fischer

327,261

If I wanna input unicode like 31C0 to represent ㇀, what should I do? – Patrick Liu Feb 04 '20 at 15:00
\symbol{"31C0} \char"31C0 ^^^^31c0 will all work (and yes in the last variant the c is lowercase). – Ulrike Fischer Feb 04 '20 at 15:08
How do I install the font? I got error saying this font can't be found – Patrick Liu Feb 04 '20 at 15:50
It was part of my windows. I simply looked up which font my browser uses to show the glyphs of your question. Replace it with whatever font you have that contains the glyphs. The noto-font from Javier's answer should e.g. work. – Ulrike Fischer Feb 04 '20 at 15:54

How can I typeset CJK strokes in LaTex file?

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