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.

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

Stroke

Basic

Stroke

Character

Key

Category

Stroke

Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lift

红 牡

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Down

业 上

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Down-

水 打

 

 

 

Hook

 

 

 

 

Short

直 真 质

 

 

 

Slope Do

 

 

 

 

 

wn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long

 

 

 

Left Slop

风 片

 

 

 

 

e

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over

香 千 匕

 

 

 

Slope

后 丢

 

 

 

 

Short

而 页 面

 

 

 

left Slope

学 殷

 

 

 

 

Dot

学 雷

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right

火 又

 

 

 

Slope

 

 

 

 

Down-

西 酉

 

 

 

Curved-

 

 

 

 

 

Over

 

 

 

 

 

 

Down-

山 巨 屯

 

 

 

Over

母 凶

 

 

 

 

Left

么 去 公

 

 

 

Slope-

约 能

 

 

 

 

Over

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left

女 要 好

 

 

 

Slope-

巡 巢

 

 

 

 

Dot

 

 

 

 

 

 

Down-Lift

衣 以 饭

 

 

 

 

收 长

 

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