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 |
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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 |
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| Slope Down | 质 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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