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
%19 Example of using the wild card key.
Stroke categories
The 5 stroke categories are defined in the table below:
Number | Stroke | Basic | Stroke | Character | |
Key | Category | Stroke | Name | ||
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| Over | 王 十 在 | |
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| 七 | 天 | |
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| Lift | 海 红 牡 | |
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| 状 习 | ||
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| Down | 中 业 上 | |
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| 门 丑 | ||
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| 小 水 打 | ||
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| 子 承 | ||
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| Short | 直 真 质 | |
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| 草 |
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| Slope Down |
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| Long | 八 九 丹 | |
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| 风 片 | ||
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| Left Slope | ||
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| Over Slope | 香 千 匕 | |
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| 后 丢 | ||
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| Short | 而 页 面 | |
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| 学 殷 | ||
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| left Slope | ||
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| Dot | 六 学 雷 | |
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| 心 性 | ||
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