Number key Stroke category Basic stroke Stroke name Character
? (Wild card key)
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.
The smaller candidates surrounded by
dotted frames are components, and the
bigger candidates without dotted frames
are characters.
For example, to enter “
信息”
1Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”.
2Move the cursor to “信”, press the
centre selection key.
3Move the cursor to “息”, press the
centre selection key again to select
“ 息”.
Example of using the wild card key
The wild card key , is used to
supplement unclear strokes in entering
characters. If you want to enter “互”,
but you only know that “ 一” is the first
and the last stroke of the character and
that the total number of strokes is four,
enter , , , . The
character is displayed in the candidate
row.
Pinyin input
Press the keys containing the required
Pinyin letters, and the phone will make
various proposals on the screen,
according to the pronunciation rules of
Mandarin.
Below is the key mapping of Pinyin
letters on the keypad.
Number Key Pinyin Letter
a b c
d e f
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