Number key Stroke category Basic stroke Stroke name
Character
Over-Down-Hook
力
习
也
同
永
Over-Left Slope
又
之
登
多
社
Over-Down-Over- Left
Slope
及
极
廷
建
Over-Left Slope- Curved-
Hook
阿
队
陈
那
部
Over-Down-Over-Hook
乃
透
鼐
隽
杨
Over-Down-Over-Down
凸
Curved-Hook
狗
豹
家
逐
狂
Over-Down-Curved-Hook
乙
九
瓦
飞
风
Over-Down-Over
投
沿
船
凹
Over-Down-Lift
话
计
认
讯
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Components
The basic building units of Chinese
characters are components that are
made up of strokes. After entering the
first two strokes of the desired
character, the component and
character candidates that started with
that stroke are displayed in the
candidate row.
Using components is a fast method for
entering complex characters.
The smaller candidates surrounded by
dotted frames are components, and the
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