User's Manual
17Chinese input
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
⥟
ϗ
Lift
⍋㑶⠵
⢊д
Down
ЁϮϞ
䮼ϥ
Down-Hook
ᇣ∈ᠧ
ᄤᡓ
Short
Slope Down
Ⳉⳳ䋼
㤝
Long
Left Slope
ܿбЍ
亢⠛
Over Slope
佭ࣩ
ৢ϶
Short
left Slope
㗠义䴶
ᄺ↋
Dot
݁ᄺ䳋
ᖗᗻ
Right Slope
Ҏ☿জ
䗕ᵫ
Down-
Curved-
Over
ಯ㽓䜝
䝌
Down-Over
ቅᎼቃ
↡ߊ
Left Slope-
Over
Мএ݀
㑺㛑
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