On Recognition of Handprinted Chinese Characters

The research of handprinted Chinese characters is becoming very active particularly in China and Japan.In this paper,articles for recognition of handprinted Chinese characters,which have been reported chiefly in Trans.IECE Japan and Trans IPS Japan,are analyzed and synthesized with the KJ method.The present situation and development in the field of recognizing handprinted characters are described.The typical methods and technologies of recognition of handprinted characters are introduced,and some future directions are mentioned.