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15
Getting to know your phone
Writing 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. For more
information,
17 Example of using the wild card key
.
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
Down-Over
山
巨
屯
母
凶