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17Getting to know the phone
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
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