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 % 20 For example, to enter “ 信息 ” and % 21 Example of using the wild card key.
Stroke categories
The 5 stroke categories are defined in the table below:
Number | Stroke | Basic | Stroke Name | Character |
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| Over | 王 十 在 七 天 |
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| Lift | 海 红 牡 状 习 |
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| Down | 中 业 上 门 丑 |
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| 小 水 打 子 承 | |
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| Short | 直 真 质 草 |
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| Long Left Slope | 八 九 丹 风 片 |
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| Over Slope | 香 千 匕 后 丢 |
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| Short left Slope | 而 页 面 学 殷 |
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| Dot | 六 学 雷 心 性 |
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| Right Slope | 人 火 又 送 林 |
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| 四 西 酉 酸 | |
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| Over |
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