A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are more than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into five 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 % 19 For example, to enter “ 信息 ” and % 19 Example of using the wild card key.
Stroke categories
The five 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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Number | Stroke | Basic |
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Key | Category | Stroke | Stroke Name | Character |
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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 |
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| 酉 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 | |
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| Hook | 思 忘 |
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| 电 也 毛 | |
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| 兄 孔 | |
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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 |
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| 口 已 户 | |
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| 书 骨 |
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18Getting to know the phone
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