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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 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.