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Even though there are many different strokes used to
create Chinese characters, the strokes are classified
into 5 basic categories; heng, shu, pie, dian and zhe.
The basic strokes are printed on the keypad.
To enter a stroke, press the key printed with the
stroke that most closely represents the exact stroke
you desire. The table shows the stroke/key
relationship:
Typing Stokes and Characters in Stroke Mode
1. To type a character, press keys corresponding to
its component strokes. Press keys on the handset
in the order that you would write the strokes,
using one press per desired stroke.
Example: Typing (
) in Stroke mode
2. The phone displays your strokes in the Key Stroke
Area and offers character choices in the Character
Selection Map. As you enter strokes, notice that
the choices in the Character Selection Map
change. To scroll through choices in the Character
Selection Map, press . ( To move back, press
. )
Key Stroke Area.
Press
to enter
,
then
to enter
.
The Character Selection Map.
To select
, press .
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