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Thus, on a JIS keyboard, out of 3 characters in Japanese text, roughly 2 would be hiragana (2 * 1 = 2 keystrokes) and one would be kanji (1 + 2 = 3 keystrokes). That is 5 / 3 = 1.7 keystrokes per character. So typing with a Japanese keyboard, the average typing speed would be close to 200 / 1.7 = ~120 Japanese characters per minute.
On a non-Japanese keyboard, out of 3 characters in Japanese text, 2 would be hiragana (2 * 2 = 4 keystrokes) and one would be kanji (2 + 2 = 4 keystrokes). That is 8 / 3 = 2.7 keystrokes per character. So typing with a non-Japanese keyboard, the average typing speed would be close to 200 / 2.7 = ~70 Japanese characters per minute. |
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