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18
Getting to know your phone
Stroke input
A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There
are more than 30 basic st
rokes, 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 Down
直 真
质
草
Long Left Slope
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
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name Character