ChangJie Numbers
A Final Marvelous Coincidence
In 1976, Chu Bong-Foo invented the ChangJie system, adapting Chinese typesetting to standard Western keyboards. Up to that time Chinese printers used a variety of extra large keyboards (many with hundreds of keys).
The ChangJie system was based on how Chinese characters were written. Radicals and types of strokes with similar characteristics were classified into 24 groups and matched to the QWERTY keyboard. Following the rules in ChangJie, a typist would hit keys sketching
the basic appearance of a character, and the machine would present a list of characters matching that description for further selection. (Some lists could be long.) Typing from one to five keys was enough to cover the entire written Chinese language. (For more on ChangJie, see the Wikipedia article.)
| 日 | 月 | 金 | 木 | 水 | 火 | 土 | 竹 | 戈 | 十 | 大 | 中 | 一 | 弓 | 人 | 心 | 手 | 口 | 尸 | 廿 | 山 | 女 | 田 | 難 | 卜 |
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y |
Could the ChangJie keys/symbols be used for numbers like the characters? Yes they can! But there are some very important caveats.
ChangJie symbols are not letters, and most of the time they don't completely describe a character. The letters L-I-S-T are integral to spelling out the word "list" and give the pronunciation. You can't drop one letter without it becoming something else. One can imagine how many words can be sketched from an incomplete description like L-T: late, loot, let, lit, lite, list...
Letters are traditionally organized in alphabetical sequence, and the sequence determines how they are numbered. How are symbols organized? Just because Chu Bong-Foo placed the 日 symbol on the A-key doesn't mean this symbol has to come first and receive the value 1. One could have begun with 手 (Q-key) on the upper left of the keyboard.
Because symbols are not letters, the numbers derived from them will be completely independent of the original value of the character in Big5. And since the symbols are not actually anything close to the words in sound or meaning, it should not be surprising if results are inconsistent.
(Note: As there is no upper and lower case in Chinese, the assigned symbols are not case sensitive either. The ChangJie system treats capital "A" and lower case "a" exactly the same.)
This page presents a numeric system where ChangJie symbols are numbered from 1 to 9, 10 to 90, and 100 to 700 (letter/key Z
is not used). The order in which the symbols are given their numeric values is the order in which they are first used to describe the characters in Big5 (not in the A to Z order Westerners are familiar with).
The first 167 Big5 characters are given below, followed by their ChangJie keystrokes.
一 乙 刁 二 川 三 巠 剄 勁 巰 逕 頸 鵛 邕 雝 巡 災 甾 邋 鶅 疀 須 順 嬃 巢 剿 勦 鄛 司 覗 彳 么 亍 徑 行 徯 虢 彴 衍 愆 彾 晉 鄑 戩 徻 彸 役 徿 徬 垼 從 熧 慫 聳 忀 徉 徇 復 徐 衡 銜 循 衎 微 鰴 徖 徵 懲 黴 徾 徛 後 待 街 徹 徲 徫 衛 讆 躗 徽 豸 彶 彷 彽 貕 貆 很 豹 衖 貐 貘 貓 貂 貅 豺 豻 衙 貁 貉 貚 貒 豽 徘 得 墾 懇 貀 徥 貜 忁 貊 徭 貄 蠫 貏 貔 貌 貍 貑 邈 貗 貙 彼 往 征 彿 徂 術 衒 衢 徨 衚 徼 徆 徊 律 衕 御 禦 徒 德 徦 徶 徠 徙 徜 徟 衝 元 亓 夃 云 刓 麗 酈 邐 鸝 豆 郖 豇 豌 逗 豉 豍 頭 豏 M NU SM MM LLL MMM MVVM MMLN MMKS MMYIU YMVM MMMBC MMHAF VVRAU VUOG YVVV VVF VVW YVVV VWHAF VWJLO HHMBC LLLC HCV VVWD VDLN VDKS VDNL SMR SRBUU HO HI MMN HOMVM HOMMN HOBVK BIYPU HOPM HOSMN HNP HOOII MIIA NANL MAI HOOMA HOCI HOHNE HOYBP HOYBS HEG HOOO HOF HOP HOSJ HOYRV HOTQ HOPA HOOAE HOOMD HONKN HOCMN undefined HOHJU HOMJN HOUUK HOUFK HOJMF HOUGK HKP HOUFK HOURK HOKMR HOVIE HOGDI HOGGN HOYBK HOSYQ HODMQ HODQN HNYMR HNRYO HOUFK BSHH HONHE HOYHS HOHPM BHMO EHMAM HOAV BHPI HOTCN BHOMN BHTAK BATW BHSHR BHOD BHDH BHMJ HOMRN BHJC BHHER BHRRJ BHUMB BHOB HOLMY HOAMI BVG BVP BHUU HOAMO BHBUE HOAUE BNMA HOBOU BHLQ BNLII BHHHJ BHHWP BHHAU BHWG BHRYE YBHU BHLWV BHSRR HODHE HOYG HOMYM HOLLN HOBM HOICN HOYIN HOBGN HOHAG HOJRN HOHSE HOMCW HOWR HOLQ HOBRN HOOML HLMMF HOGYO HOJWP HORYE HOFBK HODOO HOYLO HOFBR HOBGR HOHGN MMU MML NSE MMI MULN MMBBP MPNL YMMP MPHAF MRT MTNL MTM MTJNU YMRT MTJE MTHHJ MTMBC MTTXC
| M | N | U | S | L | V | K | Y | I | B | C | H | A | F | R | O | G | W | J | D | P | E | T | Q | X |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 |
A Simple Test
The first test is to see if God’s title in Chinese (上帝) produces anything with ChangJie. This is the same test first used for God’s name in Greek, English, and with Big5.
The ChangJie symbols for 上 are 卜 and 一 (Y & M keys on the keyboard). From the table, 卜 has the value 8, and 一 has the value 1 for a sum of 9.
帝's ChangJie symbols are 卜, 月, 中 月, (keys YBLB). The numbers associated with these symbols: 8-10-5-10. The sum for 帝 is 33.
Thus the total for the two characters together (上帝) is 9 + 33, or 42. And of course 42 = 2 x 3 x 7. This basic test appears to show ChangJie numbers are valid for further investigation.
Curious coincidence: Combine the value of the characters for 上帝 with its value in ChangJie. 1963 + 42 = 2005. The result is not divisible by 7 or 13, but that was to be expected since 1963 was divisible by 13 and 42 was divisible by 7. There doesn't seem to be anything here until 2005 is factored: 5 x 401. The sum of the factors is 406, and this is divisible by 7: 2 x 7 x 29. The sum of 406's factors is 38 and once again not divisible by 7 or 13. But then factoring 38 we get 2 x 19, and the sum of these factors is 21 (3 x 7). Finally, 3 + 7 = 10 (not divisible by 7 again), but 10 = 2 x 5, and 2 + 5 ends at 7. This series of numbers alternates back and forth quite regularly from being divisible by 7, and not being divisible by 7.
| 耶穌 | Jesus | 393 = 3 x 131 |
| 聖經 | Holy Bible | 238 = 2 x 7 x 17. SF: 26 = 2 x 13. |
| 聖靈 | Holy Spirit | 306 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 17 |
| 耶和華 | Yeh Woh Wah (English transliteration of Hebrew YHWH) | 1502 = 2 x 751 |
| 神 | god(s), divine, special | 159 = 3 x 53 |
Why are the Chinese characters for Jesus and the Holy Spirit not divisible by 7 and or 13? And why is the Bible divisible by 7, and on the next level divisible by 13? One would expect Jesus and Holy Spirit to show something only if one accepted the theory of the Trinity as being true.
The Bible 聖經 is the record of God’s message to humanity. Without it, we would know very little about God, His plan, and His work. Without it, we would not know about Jesus either. Word of mouth might suffice, but we would be so much the poorer without it.
One set of numbers do not make the Bible more important than Jesus or the Holy Spirit. That is not the conclusion here. The numbers just show the Bible's importance, while the lack of numbers for Jesus and the Holy Spirit are probably because God does not approve of the theory of the Trinity, and doesn't want anyone mistaking a few numbers as proof the theory is sound.
Like the numbers for the characters, the numbers for the ChangJie confirm the proper title in Chinese for God is 上帝, not 耶和華 (a transliteration), and not 神.
The Proclamation
Now ChangJie numbers are applied to the amended text of the Proclamation (Exodus 34:6-7).
1 2 3 4 宣 告 說 上 JMAM HGR YRCRU YM 142 170 151 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 100- 1- 40- 1 30- 80- 60 8- 60- 20- 60- 3 8- 1 5 6 7 8 帝 上 帝 是 YBLB YM YBLB AMYO 33 9 33 119 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 8- 10- 5- 10 8- 1 8- 10- 5- 10 40- 1- 8- 70 9 10 11 12 有 憐 憫 有 KB PFDQ PANK KB 17 1150 349 17 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 7- 10 300- 50- 200- 600 300- 40- 2- 7 7- 10 13 14 15 16 恩 典 的 神 WKP TBC HAPI IFLWL 397 530 379 159 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 90- 7- 300 500- 10- 20 30- 40- 300- 9 9- 50- 5- 90- 5 17 18 19 20 不 輕 易 發 MF JJMVM APHH NONHE 51 208 400 504 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 1- 50 100- 100- 1- 6- 1 40- 300- 30- 30 2- 70- 2- 30- 400 21 22 23 24 怒 並 有 豐 VEP TTC KB UJMRT 706 1020 17 664 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 6- 400- 300 500- 500- 20 7- 10 3- 100- 1- 60- 500 25 26 27 盛 的 慈 ISBT HAPI TVIP 523 379 815 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 9- 4- 10- 500 30- 40- 300- 9 500- 6- 9- 300 28 29 30 愛 和 誠 BBPE HDR YRIHS 720 290 111 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 10- 10- 300- 400 30- 200- 60 8- 60- 9- 30- 4 31 32 33 實 為 千 JWJC IKNF HJ 310 68 130 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 100- 90- 100- 20 9- 7- 2- 50 30- 100 34 35 36 37 萬 人 存 留 TWLB O KLND HHW 605 70 214 150 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 500- 90- 5- 10 70 7- 5- 2- 200 30- 30- 90 38 39 40 慈 愛 赦 TVIP BBPE GCOK 815 720 177 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 500- 6- 9- 300 10- 10- 300- 400 80- 20- 70- 7 41 42 43 免 罪 孽 NAHU WLLMY THJD 75 109 830 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 2- 40- 30- 3 90- 5- 5- 1- 8 500- 30- 100- 200 44 45 46 過 犯 和 YBBR KHSU HDR 88 44 290 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 8- 10- 10- 60 7- 30- 4- 3 30- 200- 60 47 48 49 罪 惡 萬 WLLMY MMP TWLB 109 302 605 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 90- 5- 5- 1- 8 1- 1- 300 500- 90- 5- 10 50 51 52 53 不 以 有 罪 MF VIO KB WLLMY 51 85 17 109 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 1- 50 6- 9- 70 7- 10 90- 5- 5- 1- 8 54 55 56 的 為 無 HAPI IKNF OTF 379 68 620 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 30- 40- 300- 9 9- 7- 2- 50 70- 500- 50 57 58 59 罪 必 追 WLLMY PH YHRR 109 330 158 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 90- 5- 5- 1- 8 300- 30 8- 30- 60- 60 60 61 62 討 他 的 YRDI OPD HAPI 277 570 379 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 8- 60- 200- 9 70- 300- 200 30- 40- 300- 9 63 64 65 罪 自 父 WLLMY HBU CK 109 43 27 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 90- 5- 5- 1- 8 30- 10- 3 20- 7 66 67 68 69 及 子 直 到 NHE ND JBMM MGLN 432 202 112 88 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 2- 30- 400 2- 200 100- 10- 1- 1 1- 80- 5- 2 70 71 72 三 四 代 MMM WC OIP 3 110 379 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 1- 1- 1 90- 20 70- 9- 300
Total of all the characters: 20440 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 7 x 73. The sum of the factors: 91 = 7 x 13.
The values of the first symbol of each character do not produce a feature: 6388 = 2 x 2 x 1597, but the last symbol for each character does: 13335 = 3 x 5 x 7 x 127.
Odd positioned characters: 8981 = 7 x 1283. Even positioned characters: 11459 = 7 x 1637. The ChangJie values work just as the original values for the characters.
The odd and even valued characters are not divisible by 7, but they are divisible by 73, the largest factor of the total 20440. Odd valued characters: 8030 = 2 x 5 x 11 x 73. SF: 91 = 7 x 13. Even valued characters: 12410 = 2 x 5 x 17 x 73.
Odd valued symbols: 338 = 2 x 13 x 13. SF: 28 = 2 x 2 x 7. (No coincidence with the even valued symbols.)
It is amazing how a few of the primary features come through!
Revelation 1:8
Revelation 1:8 is intricately tied in with Exodus 34:6-7. Do ChangJie numbers work here too?
ΑΩ (Alpha Omega) are not Chinese characters, and thus do not have ChangJie symbols. However, the ChangJie rules could be applied to them as if they were Chinese characters to give them unofficial key sequences.
The thirteenth word in Revelation 1:8 is 今. It's ChangJie is OIN. The O symbol represents the peaked roof in 今. Thus O can also stand in for the peak in Α (Alpha). The horizontal bar in Α can be represented by the ChangJie symbol M (see the 23rd word of Revelation 1:8). If Α was a Chinese character, its ChangJie sequence would be OM.
Ω (Omega) can only be represented by Changjie symbol B. This symbol represents anything similar to an inverted U or 冂 (there being no round or circular symbols with an open bottom).
1 2 3 4 上 帝 宣 告 YM YBLB JMAM HGR 9 33 142 170 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8- 1 8- 10- 5- 10 100- 1- 40- 1 30- 80- 60 5 6 7 說 我 就 YRCRU HQI YFIKU 151 639 77 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 8- 60- 20- 60- 3 30- 600- 9 8- 50- 9- 7- 3 8 9 10 11 12 是 Α 和 Ω 係 AMYO OM HDR B OHVF 119 71 290 10 156 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 40- 1- 8- 70 70- 1 30- 200- 60 10 70- 30- 6- 50 13 14 15 16 17 今 在 昔 在 將 OIN KLG TA KLG VMBDI 81 92 540 92 226 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 70- 9- 2 7- 5- 80 500- 40 7- 5- 80 6- 1- 10- 200- 9 18 19 20 21 要 來 臨 的 MWV DOO SLORR HAPI 97 340 199 379 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 1- 90- 6 200- 70- 70 4- 5- 70- 60- 60 30- 40- 300- 9 22 23 24 25 那 一 位 是 SQNL M OYT AMYO 611 1 578 119 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 4- 600- 2- 5 1 70- 8- 500 40- 1- 8- 70 26 27 28 全 能 者 OMG IBPP JKA 151 619 147 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 70- 1- 80 9- 10- 300- 300 100- 7- 40
Once again the total of the ChangJie numbers is divisible by seven: 6139 = 7 x 877.
And once again the odd and even positioned characters are divisible by 7. Odd positioned: 2765 = 5 x 7 x 79. Even positioned characters: 3374 = 2 x 7 x 241.
Unlike The Proclamation, Revelation 1:8's declaration does not have any other primary features. There are very good reasons for this. 1) ChangJie symbols are not letters. 2) Two of the characters (Α and Ω) aren't even Chinese.
Other Verses
What about other Chinese verses?
Genesis 1:1 has four features.
1 2 3 4 5 起 初 上 帝 創 GORU LSH YM YBLB ORLN 213 39 9 33 137 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 80- 70- 60- 3 5- 4- 30 8- 1 8- 10- 5- 10 70- 60- 5- 2 6 7 8 造 天 地 YHGR MK GPD 178 8 580 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 8- 30- 80- 60 1- 7 80- 300- 200
Total: 1197 = 3 x 3 x 7 x 19.
First symbol values: 260 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 13.
Last symbol values: 884 = 2 x 2 x 13 x 17.
Even valued symbols: 1170 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 13. (Odd valued symbols do not produce anything.)
Revelation 22:13, John 1:1 and Isaiah 18 all produce very little or fail completely. Skeptics would say there is nothing special here. It's all just the mathematical odds. If even more verses were examined, the results would simply be one in seven verses with a single feature, and one in forty-nine verses with two features. They would claim the results in Exodus 34:6-7, Revelation 1:8 and Genesis 1:1 were all due to coincidence.
In the case of ChangJie numbers, they may be correct. Nevertheless, I am pleased the two unique verses where God described Himself produced results, and I am quite satisfied the very first verse of the Bible, Genesis 1:1 also worked.
It must be remembered that Chinese is not the original language of the Bible. As a result, the numbers from the characters are already one step further away from the original. ChangJie numbers would be two steps further from the original.
