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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 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