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18 Getting started
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 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 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
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