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Using the tones
You can enter another character by assigning a tone
for the selected pinyin. Entering a tone for a character
is optional, but it is especially useful if the pinyin
spelling is similar for several characters.
1. Press the keys corresponding to the pinyin of the
letter you need.
2. If necessary, press [Left] or [Right] to select the
pinyin.
3. Press [ ] for tones.
4. If you cannot find the character you want from the
display, press [Up] or [Down] to scroll through
word choices.
5. Press a key, [
1
] to [
6
], corresponding to the
character.
Rapid character entry
To enter the word “zhong guo (
)”, enter the first
character using the following keystrokes; [
9
], [
4
],
[
6
], [
6
], [
1
], and [
1
]. You do not have to complete
the Pinyin spelling to include “guo ( ).” The character
displays automatically.
Tips for using Pinyin mode
• Press [ ] to insert a space between characters.
• Press [Left] or [Right] to move the cursor.
• Press [
C
] to clear letters one by one press and hold
[
C
] to clear the entire display.
Using Chinese Stroke mode
This mode allows you to enter individual Chinese
strokes, in written order, from top to bottom, and from
left to right.
The Chinese strokes are classified into five basic
categories; heng, shu, pie, dian, and zhe. The basic
strokes are printed on keys [
1
] to [
5
] on the keypad.
Refer to the following table:
Category Keys Strokes represented in each category
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