The Zhengma Input Method is a Chinese language input method. The primary goal of Zhengma design is compatibility with different types of characters, scalability and ease of use, especially for people who are experienced with how ideographs are formed. For these reasons this input method is used more by scholars of the Chinese language or people who need to use both traditional and simplified Chinese. This input method is one of several shape-based input methods to support simplified chinese that are included with Microsoft Windows XP.