Many keyboards provide letters, numbers, and symbols that aren’t visible on the
keyboard.
Enter accented letters or other characters.
Touch and hold the related letter, number, or symbol, then slide to choose a
variant. For example:
On a Thai keyboard: Choose native numbers by touching and holding the
related Arabic number.
On a Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic keyboard: Suggested characters or
candidates appear at the top of the keyboard. Tap a candidate to enter it, or
swipe left to see more candidates.
Use the extended suggested candidate list.
Tap the up arrow on the right to view the full candidate list.
Scroll the list: Swipe up or down.
Return to the short list: Tap the down arrow.
When using certain Chinese or Japanese keyboards, you can create a shortcut
for word and input pairs. The shortcut is added to your personal dictionary.
When you type a shortcut while using a supported keyboard, the paired word or
input is substituted for the shortcut.
Reset your personal dictionary.
Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Keyboard Dictionary. All custom
words and shortcuts are deleted, and the keyboard dictionary returns to its
default state.
Special input methods
You can use keyboards to enter some languages in different ways. A few
examples are Chinese Cangjie and Wubihua, Japanese Kana, and Facemarks.
You can also use your finger or a stylus to write Chinese characters on the
screen.
Build Chinese characters from the component Cangjie keys.
As you type, suggested characters appear. Tap a character to choose it, or
continue typing up to five components to see more options.
Build Chinese Wubihua (stroke) characters.
Use the keypad to build Chinese characters using up to five strokes, in the
correct writing sequence: horizontal, vertical, left falling, right falling, and hook.
For example, the Chinese character 圈 (circle) should begin with the vertical
stroke 丨.
As you type, suggested Chinese characters appear (the most commonly used
characters appear first). Tap a character to choose it.
If you’re not sure of the correct stroke, enter an asterisk (*). To see more
character options, type another stroke, or scroll through the character list.
Tap the match key (匹配) to show only characters that match exactly what
you typed.
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