If the character you want is not displayed in the candidate row, press 
to present another candidate row. Continue pressing 
until the character you want is displayed. Alternatively, you can enter the next stroke or Pinyin letter and a new set of characters will immediately be displayed in the candidate row. To go back to the previous row, press 
. To select
a character in the candidate row, press the navigation key or press and hold the key corresponding to the number above the character you want to enter.
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 Name | Character |
Key | Category | Stroke |
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| Over | 王 十 在 七 天 |
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| Lift | 海 红 牡 状 习 |
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| Down | 中 业 上 门 丑 |
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| 小 水 打 子 承 | |
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| Short Slope Down | 直 真 质 草 |
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| Long Left Slope | 八 九 丹 风 片 |
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| Over Slope | 香 千 匕 后 丢 |
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| Short left Slope | 而 页 面 学 殷 |
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| Dot | 六 学 雷 心 性 |
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| Right Slope | 人 火 又 送 林 |
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| 西 四 酉 酸 | |
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| 山 巨 屯 母 凶 | |
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