Stroke Input Method (筆畫輸入法)

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About this app

This keyboard app lets you input Chinese characters by typing stroke sequences (e.g. 天 is ㇐㇐㇒㇔).

It is a minimalist implementation with the following features:

* Good character support (over 28k characters) including vernacular Cantonese
* User preference for traditional or simplified characters
* No ads
* No permissions
* No tracking or telemetry
* Deterministic candidate generation which doesn't learn user input

After installing the app, launch and follow the prompts to enable Stroke Input Method in your system settings. There will be a default warning shown — this is normal.

This app is free and open-source software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0-only).

You are welcome and encouraged to inspect the source code: https://github.com/stroke-input/stroke-input-android
An open-source Chinese keyboard implementing the stroke input method (筆畫輸入法).
Updated on
Sep 27, 2026
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What’s new

* Added *optional* characters U+30EDE 𰻞 and U+30EDD 𰻝 for biangbiang noodles

Many thanks to @MattHoward-GH (GitHub) for commenting.
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About the developer
Conway Li
dev.boring339@passmail.net
Australia