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Chinese input
This mobile phone has different input methods for entering
Chinese characters:
•
Stroke input
•
Pinyin input
You can use these methods, for example, to enter
Chinese names and Chinese short messages.
Switching between Chinese input methods
In the Chinese editing mode, you can select and switch
quickly to another input method by pressing
repeatedly.
General instructions
Regardless of which input method you choose, your
phone has a function to speed up the entry of Chinese
characters. Whenever you enter a stroke or a Pinyin letter,
a candidate row of the most frequently used characters
containing that stroke or relating to that letter appears at
the bottom of the screen.
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
.
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.
