Alternatively, can you write the character by strokes (that the pinyin input recognizes it and that the character can be found among all the other stored characters)?
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1What are you asking? I can't really get it...– Mou某 ♦May 26, 2014 at 14:55
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Writing biangbiang with pinyin that it becomes a character.– user76935May 26, 2014 at 14:57
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Something I find interesting is on wiki it says "biáng" (2nd tone) but on 百度百科 it says "biàng" (4th tone). And what I heard was biàng. Hmm, I don't know who is correct.– StanMay 26, 2014 at 15:45
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Possibly wiki isn't correct. Just guessing.– user76935May 26, 2014 at 15:52
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Zisea says it's biang first tone.– Mou某 ♦May 27, 2014 at 0:49
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Phonetic Substitution
Although the character cannot currently be typed into a computer, wikipedia notes that one may use a phonetic substitution. I doubt that most people would recognise this 58 stroke original character in any case but at least this may be a usable substitute.
The Chinese character for "biáng" cannot be entered into computers. Therefore phonetic substitutes like Chinese: 彪彪面; pinyin: biāobiāo miàn) or Chinese: 冰冰面; pinyin: bīngbīng miàn) are often used.
(Wikipedia, n.d., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biángbiáng_noodles#Mnemonics)
Now Unicode has just supported it.
Click http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode13.0.0/, In detail, you can check this document https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-13.0/U130-30000.pdf.
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1They are on p.48. 30EDD is the Simplified Chinese version, 30EDE is the Traditional Chinese version. Mar 16, 2020 at 12:19
Biang biang mian 的 biang can't be typed because this character doesn't exist in any IME database.
Wikipedia:
Unicode The character has not been added to Unicode yet, but is being considered by the IRG for inclusion in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E block.[1]
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That's a shame. Means I would have to write it, scan it and then send it? Hmm May 26, 2014 at 15:00
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Wikipedia uses an image in its references you can copy if you would like. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Biáng.svg– Mou某 ♦May 26, 2014 at 15:05
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Yeah, I would need two of those to express by writing that I would like biangbiangmian. Not ideal...But thanks. May 26, 2014 at 15:14