Stroke Input - Sony Ericsson Walkman W800 User Manual

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
character you want is displayed.
Stroke categories
The 5 stroke categories are defined in the table below:
Number Stroke
Key Category
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Stroke
Basic Stroke Name
Over
Lift
Down
Down-Hook
Short Slope Down
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 -
key , is used when you are not
sure of which stroke to use.
Character
王 十 在 七 天
海 红 牡 状 习
中 业 上 门 丑
小 水 打 子 承
直 真 质 草
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