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Clearing Strokes and Characters
Press the C key one or more times to remove strokes
to the left. Once the Keystroke Area is empty, pressing
the C key removes characters from the Text Area.
Rapid Character Entry
Rapid character entry is easy in any mode, using the
Character Selection Map. As you enter characters,
your phone predicts the next character you might want
and presents choices in the Character Selection Map
area. When a desired character appears, you may
select it as described on page 47.
For example, if you type the word “zhong guo ( )”
and enter the first character using the following
keystrokes; 9 , 4 , 6 , 6 , 1, and 7, you do not have to
complete the Pinyin spelling to include “guo ( )”.
With no extra typing, the character is displayed
conveniently in the Character Selection Map for you to
choose.
Chinese Stroke Mode
This mode allows you to enter individual Chinese
strokes, in written order - from top to bottom, and from
left to right. Your phone provides Chinese Simplified
Stroke mode and Chinese Traditional Stroke mode.
The two modes work similarly, but the characters that
appear in the display may differ.
Even though there are many different strokes used to
create Chinese characters, the strokes are classified
into 5 basic categories; heng, shu, pie, dian and zhe.
The basic strokes are printed on the keypad, on keys
1 to 5.
To enter a stroke, press the key printed with the stroke
that most closely represents the exact stroke you
desire. The table shows the stroke/key relationship:
