Sony Ericsson Z710i - Manual (Page 19)

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19 Getting to know the phone
Components
The basic building units of Chinese
characters are components that are
made up of strokes. After entering the
first two strokes of the desired
character, the component and
character candidates that started with
that stroke are displayed in the
candidate row.
Using components is a fast method
for entering complex characters.
For example, to enter “
信息
”
1 Enter “ ”, “ ” and “ ”.
2 Move the cursor to “ 信 ”, press .
3 Move the cursor to “ 信 ”, press
again to select “ 息 ”.
Example of using the wild card key
The wild card key
, is used to
supplement unclear strokes in
entering characters. If you want to
enter “互”, but you only know that “一”
is the first and the last stroke of the
character and that the total number of
strokes is four, enter
, , ,
. The character is displayed in the
candidate row.
Pinyin input
Press the keys containing the required
Pinyin letters, and the phone will make
various proposals on the screen,
according to the pronunciation rules
of Mandarin.
Below is the key mapping of Pinyin
letters on the keypad.
Over-Down-
Hook 力 习 也
同 永
Over-
Left Slope 又 之 登
多 社
Over-Down-
Over-
Left Slope 及 极
廷 建
Over-
Left Slope-
Curved-Hook 阿 队 陈
那 部
Over-Down-
Over-Hook 乃 透 鼐
隽 杨
Over-Down-
Over-Down 凸
Curved-Hook 狗 豹 家
逐 狂
Over-Down-
Curved-Hook 乙 九 瓦
飞 风
Over-Down-
Over 投 沿
船 凹
Over-Down-
Lift 话 计
认 讯
? (Wild card key)
Number
Key Stroke
Category Basic
Stroke Stroke Name
Character
The smaller candidates surrounded by
dotted frames are components, and the
bigger candidates without dotted frames
are characters.