User Guide
Enter Chinese Cangjie Use the keyboard to build Chinese characters from the
component Cangjie keys. As you type, suggested Chinese
characters appear. Tap a character to choose it, or continue
typing up to ve total components to see more character
options.
Enter Simplied Chinese Stroke
(Wubi Hua)
Use the keypad to build Chinese characters using up to ve
strokes in the correct writing sequence: from left to right, top
to bottom, outside to inside, and from inside to the closing
stroke (for example, the Chinese character 圈 should begin
with the vertical stroke 丨).
As you type, suggested Chinese characters appear (the most
commonly used characters appear rst). Tap a character to
choose it.
If you’re not sure of the correct stroke, enter an asterisk (*).
To see more character options, type another stroke, or scroll
through the character list.
Tap the 匹配 key to show only characters that match exactly
what you typed. For example, if you type 一一 and tap 匹配 ,
the less commonly used 二 appears as an exact match.
Enter Traditional Chinese Zhuyin Use the keyboard to enter Zhuyin letters. As you type,
suggested Chinese characters appear. Tap a suggestion to
choose it, or continue entering Zhuyin letters to see more
options. After you type an initial letter, the keyboard changes
to show more letters.
If you keep entering Zhuyin without spaces, sentence
suggestions appear.
Enter handwritten Simplied or
Traditional Chinese
Write Chinese characters directly on the screen with your
nger. As you write character strokes, iPhone recognizes them
and shows matching characters in a list, with the closest
match at the top. When you choose a character, its likely
follow-on characters appear in the list as additional choices.
You can get some complex characters by writing two or more
component characters. For example, enter 魚 (sh), then 巤
(bristle), to get 鱲 (partial name of Hong Kong International
Airport), which appears in the character list with an arrow next
to it. Tap the character to replace the characters you entered.
With Simplied Chinese handwriting, Roman characters are
also recognized.
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