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If the character you want is not displayed in the candidate row, press
to present another candidate row. Continue pressing
until the character
you want is displayed. Alternatively, you can enter the next stroke or Pinyin
letter and a new set of characters will immediately be displayed in the
candidate row. To go back to the previous row, press
. To select
a character in the candidate row, press the navigation key or press and
hold the key corresponding to the number above the character you want
to enter.
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
西
四
酉
酸
Down-Over
山
巨
屯
母
凶