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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 次 找
牡 刁
Down
中 上 業
門 且
Down-
Hook
小 水 打
子 承
Short
Slope
Down
直 真 盾
草
Long
Left
Slope
八 旭 丹
風 所
Over
Slope
香 毛 丘
匕 妥
Short
left
Slope
而 頁 面
貿 殷