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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
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 Do
wn
直 真 质
草
Long
Left Slop
e
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
Left
Slope-
Over
么 去 公
约 能
Left
Slope-
Dot
女 要 好
巡 巢
Down-Lift
衣 以 饭
收 长
Right
Slope-
Hook
我 或 民
成 伐
Down-
Over-
Hook
心 必 思
忘
Down-
Over-
Curved-
Hook
电 也 毛
兄 孔
Down-
Over-Left
Slope
专 传 转
Down-
Over-
Down-
Hook
马 与 张
号 费
Down-
Over-
Down
鼎 鼐
Over-
Hook
写 字 皮
通 免
Over-
Down
口 已 户
书 骨
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name
Character
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