Chinese input

This mobile phone has different input methods for entering Chinese characters:

Stroke input

Pinyin input

You can use these methods, for example, to enter Chinese names and Chinese short messages.

Switching between Chinese input methods

In the Chinese editing mode, you can select and switch quickly to another input method by pressing and

holding .

General instructions

Regardless of which input method you choose, 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.

If the character you want is not displayed in the candidate row, press to present another candidate row. Continue pressing until the character you want is displayed.

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Alternatively, you can enter the next stroke or Pinyin letter, and a new set of characters will immediately be displayed in the candidate row. To go back to the previous row, press . To select a character in the candidate row, press the navigation key.

Stroke input

A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are more than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into five 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 % 21 For example, to enter “ 信息 and

%21 Example of using the wild card key.

Stroke categories

The five stroke categories are defined in the table below:

 

Number

Stroke

Basic

Stroke

Character

 

Key

Category

Stroke

Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over

王 十 在

 

 

 

 

 

七 天

 

 

 

 

Lift

海 次 找

 

 

 

 

 

牡 刁

 

 

 

 

Down

中 上 業

 

 

 

 

 

門 且

 

 

 

 

Down-

小 水 打

 

 

 

 

Hook

子 承

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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