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18
Getting to know your phone
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
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name
Character
Over
王
十
在
七
天
Lift
海
红
牡
状
习
Down
中
业
上
门
丑
Down-Hook
小
水
打
子
承
Short
Slope Down
直
真
质
草
Long Left Slope
八
九
丹
风
片
Over Slope
香
千
匕
后
丢
Short left Slope
而
页
面
学
殷
Dot
六
学
雷
心
性
Right Slope
人
火
又
送
林
Down-Curved-
Over
四
西
酉
酸
Down-Over
山
巨
屯
母
凶
Left Slope-Over
么
去
公
约
能
Left Slope-Dot
女
要
好
巡
巢
Down-Lift
衣
以
饭
收
长
Right Slope-
Hook
我
或
民
成
伐
Down-Over-
Hook
心
必
思
忘
Down-Over-
Curved-Hook
电
也
毛
兄
孔
Down-Over-Left
Slope
专
传
转
Down-Over-
Down-Hook
马
与
张
号
费
Down-Over-
Down
鼎
鼐
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name
Character