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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. Alternatively, you can enter the next stro ke or Pinyin
letter and a new set of characters will immediately be displayed in the
candidate row. To go back to the previous r ow, press . To select a
character in the candidate row, press the navigation key or press and
hold the key corresponding to the number above the character you want
to enter.
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:
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name
Character
Over
Lift
Down
Down-Hook
Short
SlopeDown
Long
LeftSlope
Over Slope
Short
leftSlope
Dot
Right Slope
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