User's Manual

15Getting started
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
׆ Լ ڇ
Ԯ ֚
Lift
௧ ڻ ބ
߃ Թ
Down
խ Ղ ᄐ
 ׊
Down-
Hook
՛ ֽ ؚ
՗ ࢭ
Short
Slope
Down
 ట એ
౻
Long
Left
Slope
Զ ڳ կ
ଅ ࢬ
Over
Slope
ଉ ֻ ׋
Ի ݔ
Short
left
Slope
ۖ ଄ ૿
၉ ௚
Dot
ք ڠ ֨
ࢤ ሽ
Right
Slope
Գ ־ Ծ
հ ֵ
Down-
Curved-
Over
۫ ؄ ߸
Ꭹ ಺
Down-
Over
՞ ֢ ئ
յ ଷ
Left
Slope-
Over
؀ װ ֆ
પ ౨
Left
Slope-
Dot
Ֆ ړ ߲
ൃ ߀
Down-
Lift
۪ א ଇ
گ ر
Right
Slope-
Hook
ݺ ࢨ ا
ګ ބ
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name
Character