To enter text using the multitap method

1Select, for example, Menu > Messaging > Write new > Message.

2If is displayed, press and hold down to change to multitap text input.

3Press repeatedly until the desired letter appears.

4Press to add a space.

Multitap input only applies when Latin characters are selected as input language.

To add words to the phone dictionary

1When you enter text using Quick text input, select Options > Spell word.

2Write the word using multitap input and select Save.

Chinese input

Stroke input

Pinyin input

General instructions

Your phone has a function to speed up the entry of Chinese characters. Whenever you enter a stroke or a Pinyin letter, a candidate row of the most frequently used characters containing that stroke or relating to that letter appears at the bottom of the screen.

Stroke input

A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are more than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into 5 stroke categories.

Components

The basic building units of Chinese characters are components that are made up of strokes. After entering the first two strokes of the desired character, the component and character candidates that started with that stroke are displayed in the candidate row. Using components is a fast method for entering complex characters.

Pinyin input

Select the required Pinyin letters, and the phone will make various proposals on the screen, according to the pronunciation rules of Mandarin.

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