18
Getting started
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
次
找
牡
刁
Down
中
上
業
門
且
Down-
Hook
小
水
打
子
承
Short
Slope
Down
直
真
盾
草
Long
Left
Slope
八
旭
丹
風
所
Over
Slope
香
毛
丘
匕
妥
Short
left
Slope
而
頁
面
貿
殷
Dot
六
州
心
性
電
Right
Slope
人
火
又
之
木
Down-
Curved-
Over
西
四
酉
酷
酒
Down-
Over
山
屯
母
互
剝
Left
Slope-
Over
台
去
公
約
能
Left
Slope-
Dot
女
好
巡
巢
災
Down-
Lift
衣
以
食
收
瓦
Right
Slope-
Hook
我
或
民
成
找
Down-
Over-
Hook
心
必
思
忘
Down-
Over-
Curved-
Hook
已
也
毛
孔
見
Down-
Over-
Down-
Hook
張
號
費
夷
鄂
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name
Character
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