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. 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 or press and hold the key corresponding to the number above the character you want to enter.
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 | 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 次 找 | |
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| 牡 刁 | |
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| Down | 中 上 業 | |
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| 門 且 | |
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| Down- | 小 水 打 | |
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| Hook | 子 承 | |
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| Short | 直 真 盾 | |
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| Slope | 草 |
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| Down |
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| Long | 八 旭 丹 | |
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| Left | 風 所 | |
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| Slope |
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| Over | 香 毛 丘 | |
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| Slope | 匕 妥 | |
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