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

 

 

Key

Category

Stroke

Stroke Name

Character

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over

王 十 在

 

 

 

 

七 天

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lift

海 红 牡

 

 

 

 

状 习

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Down

中 业 上

 

 

 

 

门 丑

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Down-Hook

小 水 打

 

 

 

 

子 承

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short

直 真

 

 

 

Slope Down

质 草

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long

八 九 丹

 

 

 

Left Slope

风 片

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over Slope

香 千 匕

 

 

 

 

后 丢

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short

而 页 面

 

 

 

left Slope

学 殷

 

 

 

 

 

20

This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use.