Include rarely used Chinese, Kanji, or Hanja characters
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 30, 2026
Supported on: At least Windows Vista
Path in the GPO console
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Tablet PC\Input Panel Description
Includes rarely used Chinese, Kanji, and Hanja characters when handwriting is converted to typed text. This policy applies only to the use of the Microsoft recognizers for Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, and Korean. This setting appears in Input Panel Options (in Windows 7 and Windows Vista only) only when these input languages or keyboards are installed. Touch Keyboard and Handwriting panel (a.k.a. Tablet PC Input Panel in Windows 7 and Windows Vista) enables you to use handwriting or an on-screen keyboard to enter text, symbols, numbers, or keyboard shortcuts. If you enable this policy, rarely used Chinese, Kanji, and Hanja characters will be included in recognition results when handwriting is converted to typed text. Users will not be able to configure this setting in the Input Panel Options dialog box. If you disable this policy, rarely used Chinese, Kanji, and Hanja characters will not be included in recognition results when handwriting is converted to typed text. Users will not be able to configure this setting in the Input Panel Options dialog box. If you do not configure this policy, rarely used Chinese, Kanji, and Hanja characters will not be included in recognition results when handwriting is converted to typed text. Users will be able to configure this setting on the Ink to text conversion tab in Input Panel Options (in Windows 7 and Windows Vista).
Registry
software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7 Value name: IncludeRareChar
Enabled: IncludeRareChar = 1
Disabled: IncludeRareChar = 0
MDM / Intune (CSP)
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_TabletPCInputPanel/RareChar_2 Microsoft Learn documentation Mapping data: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0)
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.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Include rarely used Chinese, Kanji, or Hanja characters
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Vista
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7]
"IncludeRareChar"=dword:00000001More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Include rarely used Chinese, Kanji, or Hanja characters
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
$path = 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'IncludeRareChar' -Value 1 -Type DWordIntune XML
OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_TabletPCInputPanel/RareChar_2
Data type: String
Value:
<enabled/>Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Include rarely used Chinese, Kanji, or Hanja characters
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7' -Name 'IncludeRareChar' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Include rarely used Chinese, Kanji, or Hanja characters
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
$path = 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'IncludeRareChar' -Value 1 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Include rarely used Chinese, Kanji, or Hanja characters
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Include rarely used Chinese, Kanji, or Hanja characters
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7' -Name 'IncludeRareChar' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Include rarely used Chinese, Kanji, or Hanja characters
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
$path = 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'IncludeRareChar' -Value 1 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.