Stroke Input Method (筆畫輸入法)
A minimalist Chinese keyboard.
| AppID: | io.github.yawnoc.strokeinput |
| Author: | Conway |
| License: | GPL-3.0-only |
| InRepoSince: | 2022-01-28 |
| LastRepoUpdate: | 2025-12-27 |
| LastAppUpdate: | Unknown |
| LastVersion: | 1.6.0 |
| Categories: | Keyboard & IME, Writing |
| Google Play: | Check if it's there |
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
WhatsNew:
* Added characters 𠮟 (mouth-beside-seven), 𠂇𠦝𡯂𤴓𦉪𨸏 (critical components), and 𠓗𠓾𣁾𤾩 (selected triplications)
* Added toggle settings for *optional* characters:
- For full coverage of the Basic Multilingual Plane:
* U+9FD1 鿑 to U+9FFF 鿿 (tail end of CJK Unified Ideographs)
* U+4DB6 䶶 to U+4DBF 䶿 (tail end of Extension A)
- For highly technical users:
* U+20024 𠀤 (Kangxi explanatory 並)
* U+2B7F7 𫟷 (simplified 鉝 "livermorium")
While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device.
