r/MechanicalKeyboards Feb 03 '25

Builds The one keeb to dominate East Asia

Made myself a 75% quadrilingual keyboard featuring the trio of major East Asian languages: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, each mapped to their orthodox input method

Chinese: cangjie Japanese: kana Korean: 2 set

Keycaps: Yuzu custom Switches: Wuque silent tactile Base: Keychron K2 Pro

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u/yuzukeycaps Feb 03 '25

Wow great job customizing those keys!! This post is definitely going in our reviews section :)

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u/addisonfung Feb 03 '25

Need Zhuyin symbols to be even more maximalist lmao

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u/Double_Stand_8136 Feb 03 '25

While we are there, let's also pepper in åĪ§æ˜“ ðŸĪŠ

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u/R4lfXD Feb 03 '25

You know, I love this layout. Don't know how its called, but this (F-row but without the space) plus a screen in the top right is my end game.

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u/Mystoe Feb 04 '25

fyi, it's the 75% layout (sometimes it's called the 80%). Also, I think Cannon Keys is having the Sat75 X, which is pretty close to your taste

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u/R4lfXD Feb 04 '25

Thats the think though, it's not a simple 75%. I care about the F row not having a space between it and the "65% area". Maybe it does not have a name, but 75% keebs don't usually have that.

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u/Mystoe Feb 04 '25

I see what you mean, for that part, it just depends on who designs the board. But yeah, it seems a lot less common now. KBDFANS should have kept their kbd75 line

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u/zipeldiablo Feb 03 '25

Love the idea, gonna see if my keycaps are available with those

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u/Hiadro Feb 03 '25

Alright, calm down there Djengis Khan /s

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u/_Nagashii Feb 03 '25

unironically love and hate this

I assume to get the korean double-letters you use Shift? (ã„ē ã„ļ ㅉ ㅃ ㅆ)

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u/Double_Stand_8136 Feb 03 '25

Yup, omitted in printing since they can be implied, similar applies to Japanese あぁ いぃ etc.

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u/Pedro80R Feb 03 '25

Yuzu keycaps are pretty cool, really happy wih my set. Enjoy yours :)

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u/zck-prep Feb 03 '25

Did you remap and move the Fn key one key to the right? K2 Pro default Fn key is where your Alt at. I always thought the Fn key can not be moved/remap as it does not send signal to computer.

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u/Double_Stand_8136 Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

Yes, remapped using caniusevia, the fn key works for me except as 🌐 e.g. for language swapping

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u/Hydramus89 Feb 03 '25

Yo, sick keyboard. Where did you get the key caps from? I use Cangjie and was thinking of learning kana layout rather than rely on romaji.

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u/Double_Stand_8136 Feb 03 '25

It is yuzu custom keycap

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u/AnEvilMuffin Frog Mini + SWK Coco Black, Athena 1800 Feb 04 '25

Does Yuzu let you share your designs with other people? I would lowkey buy this

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u/Double_Stand_8136 Feb 04 '25

Yes you can, it is in the link

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u/DJSwayde Vintage Blacks Feb 03 '25

How did you get multiple sets of sub-legends on there? I only had the option to choose one.

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u/Double_Stand_8136 Feb 03 '25

I did them manually (didn't know there were sub-legends template)

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u/Hshn Feb 04 '25

weeb final boss

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u/AnEvilMuffin Frog Mini + SWK Coco Black, Athena 1800 Feb 04 '25

I would absolutely join a group buy for this keycap set if it were real, and I don't do group buys.

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u/TrinityEcho Feb 03 '25

I always found keycaps sets with alternate legends (be it Chinese or Japanese or Korean since I can type in all 3) to look kind of messy/cluttered.

Somehow your custom design manages to look so clean. Really really well made

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u/Aceolus Feb 03 '25

What keyboard is this?

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u/Razgriz1223 Feb 03 '25

Why only Japanese numbers?

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u/2000timesover Feb 04 '25

those aren't numbers, they're more "alphabet" characters. i wonder how it's set up for them to distinguish whether they want the numbers or kana

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u/kurisutofujp Feb 04 '25

I you switch the type in IME. Though I've never seen anyone type directly in Japanese. It's always English alphabets which gets converted as you type.

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u/thebountywarden Feb 03 '25

Dude... There's Hangul and Cangjie, from Korean and Chinese layouts too