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19Getting to know the phone
Chinese input
This mobile phone has different input
methods for entering Chinese
characters:
• Stroke input
• Pinyin input
You can use these methods, for
example, to enter Chinese names and
Chinese short messages.
Switching between Chinese input
methods
In the Chinese editing mode, you can
select and switch quickly to another
input method by pressing and
holding .
General instructions
Regardless of which input method you
choose, your phone has a function to
speed up the entry of Chinese
characters. Whenever you enter a
stroke or a Pinyin letter, a candidate
row of the most frequently used
characters containing that stroke or
relating to that letter appears at the
bottom of the screen.
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.
Stroke input
A Chinese character is built up of
strokes. There are more than 30 basic
strokes, which are grouped into five
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
% 21 For
example, to enter “
信息
” and
% 21 Example of using the wild card
key.
Stroke categories
The five 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 次 找
牡 刁
Down
中 上 業
門 且
Down-
Hook
小 水 打
子 承