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18
Getting to know the phone
Stroke input
A Chinese character is built up of
strokes. There are more than 30 basic
strokes, which are grouped into five
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
Example of using the wild card key
Stroke categories
The five 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