Nu Shu (lit. women?s script) is a special written language used and understood only by women in Jiangyong county, Hunan province, China. Discovered by linguists 30 years ago, this mysterious language has been handed down from mother to daughter for generations. However, it is now facing the threat of extinction. In order to protect and propagate information about Nu Shu, a character set for the language was designed to produce a computerized record of Nu Shu. An input method was then used for editing. Using the character set and input method, a website and virtual steles were developed to protect and propagate various aspects of Nu Shu, including its graphemes, phonetics, semantics and songs. An online handwritten recognition system of Nu shu is designed to help people learn how to write Nu Shu. The latest research results are introduced one by one in this study.
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