Stroke input
A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are more than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into 5 stroke categories. Each category is represented on the keypad by one of
the keys 
– 
. The Wild Card
key 
, is used when you are not sure of which stroke to use.
Stroke categories
The 5 stroke categories are defined in the table below:
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| Over | 王 | 十 | 在 | |
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| Lift | 海 | 红 牡 | ||
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| Down | 中 | 业 上 | ||
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| 门 | 丑 |
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| Down- | 小 | 水 打 | ||
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| Hook | 子 | 承 |
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| Short | 直 真 质 | |||
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| Slope Do | 草 |
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| Long | 八 | 九 | 丹 | |
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| Left Slop | 风 片 |
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| Over | 香 千 匕 | |||
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| Slope | 后 丢 |
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| Short | 而 页 面 | |||
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| left Slope | 学 殷 |
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| Dot | 六 | 学 雷 | ||
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| 心 | 性 |
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| Right | 人 | 火 又 | ||
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| Slope | 送 | 林 |
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| Down- | 四 | 西 酉 | |
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| Down- | 山 巨 屯 | ||
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| Over | 母 凶 | ||
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| Left | 么 去 公 | ||
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| Slope- | 约 能 | ||
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| Left | 女 要 好 | ||
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| Slope- | 巡 巢 | ||
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| Right | 我 或 民 | ||
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| Slope- | 成 伐 | ||
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| Down- | 心 必 思 | ||
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| Over- | 忘 |
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| Down- | 电 也 毛 | ||
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| Over- | 兄 孔 | ||
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| Down- | 专 传 转 | ||
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| Down- | 马 与 张 | ||
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| Over- | 号 费 | ||
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| Down- | 鼎 鼐 | ||
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| Over- | 写 字 皮 | ||
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| Hook | 通 免 | ||
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| Over- | 口 已 户 | ||
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| Down | 书 骨 | ||
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