1. A touchscreen keyboard for a pictographic language, comprising: a touchscreen display; and a display controller programmed to display a first arrangement of pictographic characters on the touchscreen display, the first arrangement comprising a plurality of characters of the pictographic language, wherein the first arrangement comprises a plurality of discrete regions arranged in a matrix form, each of the regions displaying a respective one of groups of characters selected from the plurality of characters, each of the regions including 15 characters arranged in 3 columns and 5 rows, wherein the display controller is further programmed to display characters in a matrix form in a respective one of the regions, wherein characters in at least one of the regions have the same first phonetic sound as one another, and wherein the regions are arranged at positions corresponding to positions of keys of a QWERTY keyboard, such that the first phonetic sounds of the characters of the regions substantially correspond to the phonetic sounds of letters on the keys of the QWERTY keyboard.
1. A touchscreen keyboard for a pictographic language, comprising: a touchscreen display; and a display controller programmed to display a first arrangement of pictographic characters on the touchscreen display, the first arrangement comprising a plurality of characters of the pictographic language, wherein the first arrangement comprises a plurality of discrete regions arranged in a matrix form, each of the regions displaying a respective one of groups of characters selected from the plurality of characters, each of the regions including 15 characters arranged in 3 columns and 5 rows, wherein the display controller is further programmed to display characters in a matrix form in a respective one of the regions, wherein characters in at least one of the regions have the same first phonetic sound as one another, and wherein the regions are arranged at positions corresponding to positions of keys of a QWERTY keyboard, such that the first phonetic sounds of the characters of the regions substantially correspond to the phonetic sounds of letters on the keys of the QWERTY keyboard. 3. The touchscreen keyboard of claim 1 , wherein characters in two or more of the regions have the same first phonetic sound, and wherein the two or more regions are arranged immediately adjacent to one another.