Sony Ericsson W660i Manual page 17

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
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 Stroke Basic Stroke
Key Category Stroke Name
Over
Lift
Down
Down-
Hook
Number Stroke
Key Category
. To
Character
Basic Stroke Character
Stroke Name
Short
Slope
Down
Long
Left
Slope
Over
Slope
Short
left
Slope
Dot
Right
Slope
Down-
Curved-
Over
Down-
Over
Left
Slope-
Over
Left
Slope-
Dot
Down-
Lift
Right
Slope-
Hook
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