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Getting to know your phone
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Sequence rules
You must enter a Chinese character stroke by stroke,
in the right order. The rules for the sequence of strokes
and components are:
• Over first then down:
• Left slope first then right slope:
• From top to bottom:
• From left to right:
• From outside to inside:
• Middle first then sides:
• Inside first and then close:
Pinyin input
Pinyin is a phonetic-based Chinese input method.
You enter the character by entering the Latin letters
corresponding to the pronunciation of the
Chinese character.
Below is the key mapping of Pinyin letters on
the keypad.
Note:
1 2 3 4 5
are tone marks in the phonetic scheme.
They are the first, the second, the third, the fourth and
the light tone respectively. On the keypad, the letter ü
is replaced by v.
Key
Pinyin letter
1
a b c
2
d e f
3
g h i
4
j k l
5
m n o
p q r s
t u ü
w x y z
