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 |
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| Over | 王 | 十 | 在 |
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| 七 | 天 |
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| Lift | 海 | 红 牡 | |
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| 状 | 习 |
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| Down | 中 | 业 上 | |
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| 门 | 丑 |
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| 小 | 水 打 | ||
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| 子 | 承 |
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| Short | 直 真 质 | ||
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| Slope Down | 草 |
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| Long | 八 | 九 丹 | |
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| Left Slope | 风 | 片 |
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| Over Slope | 香 | 千 匕 | |
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| 后 | 丢 |
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| Short | 而 | 页 面 | |
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| left Slope | 学 | 殷 |
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Number | Stroke | Basic | Stroke | Character | |
Key | Category | Stroke | Name |
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| Dot | 六 | 学 雷 |
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| 心 | 性 |
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| Right Slope | 人 | 火 又 |
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| 送 | 林 |
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| Down- | 四 | 西 酉 |
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| Curved- | 酸 |
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| 山 巨 屯 | ||
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| 母 凶 | |
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| Left Slope- | 么 去 公 | |
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| Over | 约 能 | |
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| Left Slope- | 女 要 好 | |
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| Dot | 巡 巢 | |
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| 衣 以 饭 | ||
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| 收 长 | |
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| Right Slope- | 我 或 民 | |
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| Hook | 成 伐 | |
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| 心 必 思 | ||
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| Hook | 忘 |
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| 电 也 毛 | ||
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| Curved- | 兄 孔 | |
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| Hook |
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| 专 传 转 | ||
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| Left Slope |
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| 马 与 张 | ||
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| 号 费 | ||
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| 鼎 鼐 | ||
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| Down |
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| 写 字 皮 | ||
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| 通 免 | |
Getting started | 19 |
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