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 Simplied 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 (circle)
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 match (匹配) key to show only characters that
match exactly what you typed. For example, if you type
一一 (one one) and tap the match (匹配) key, the less
commonly used 二 (two) 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 Simplied 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 Simplied Chinese handwriting, Roman characters are
also recognized.
Convert between Simplied and
Traditional Chinese
Select the character or characters you want to convert, then
tap Replace. See “Editing—Cut, Copy, and Paste
” on page 39.
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