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

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 质 草

 

 

 

Slope Down

 

 

 

 

Long

八 九 丹 风 片

 

 

 

Left Slope

 

 

 

 

Over Slope

香 千 匕 后 丢

 

 

 

Short

而 页 面 学 殷

 

 

 

left Slope

 

 

 

 

Dot

六 学 雷 心 性

 

 

 

Right Slope

人 火 又 送 林

 

 

 

Down-

四 西 酉 酸

 

 

 

Curved-Over

 

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