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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.
For example, to enter “

信息

1Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”.
2Move the cursor to ”, press .
3Move the cursor to “”, press again to select “”.
Over-
LeftSlope-
Curved-Hook
Over-Down-
Over-Hook
Over-Down-
Over-Down
Curved-Hook
Over-Down-
Curved-Hook
Over-Down-
Over
沿
Over-Down-Lift
? (Wild card key)
The smaller candidates surrounded by dotted frames are components,
and the bigger candidates without dotted frames are characters.
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name
Character
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