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15
Getting to know your phone
Input methods in detail
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