Editing Wubi method (section)

=== QWERT zone (falling left) ===

The Q key's main component is 金 and its shortcut character is 我.  It is associated with the following components: 金, 钅, 勹, 儿, 夕, as well as the hook at the top of 饣 and 角, the radical 犭 ''without the lower left-falling stroke'' (so characters with that radical start with "qt", not just "q"), the criss-cross (such as in the center of 区), the top of 鱼 (i.e., without the horizontal stroke at the bottom), and the three (nearly vertical) "feet" in the bottom right corner of 流.

The W key's main component and shortcut character are both 人.  It is associated with the following components: 人, 亻, 八, and the top of 癸.  While 人 means person, it is often used by Wubi to construct a roof radical, such as in 会, "wfc".  入 is not governed by W, despite looking similar, and while 餐 has a top that looks vaguely like the top of 癸, the two are not the same (indeed, to type 餐, one must physically type out each component on the top).

The E key's main component is 月, and its shortcut character is 有.  It is associated with the following components: 月, 用, 彡, 乃, the bottom of 衣 (i.e., without 亠), the top of 孚 (i.e., without 子), 豕 (hog), the bottom of 良 (i.e., without the 白), and the bottom of 舟 (i.e., without the little dot on the top). In this case, E's shortcut character does not even begin with a left-falling stroke, but merely prominently figures a component belonging to E. 彡 is featured on this character, as it is the third character in the zone (counting from T, see above).  A particular distortion that comes up often is the use of E in 且 and in characters containing it: Wubi thinks of this component as 月 + 一.

The R key's main component is 白, and its shortcut character is 的.  It is associated with the following components: 白, 手, 扌, 斤 (both with and without the T), 牛 (''without'' the vertical downward stroke), and of course the two left-falling strokes 𰀪 that one would expect from the second key in the zone (see above for an explanation).  Watch out for varieties of 手 where the central downward hook is replaced by a left-falling stroke, such as in
看.

The T key's main component is 禾, and its shortcut character is 和.  It is associated with the following components: 禾, 竹, 夂,  攵, 彳, and the top of 乞 (i.e., without the 乙). 竹 may also be found in its smaller form (⺮). 丿 is also found on this key, because T is the first key in the zone (see above).  This means that if one is typing a component or character stroke by stroke, they would (generally) use T to represent a left-falling stroke.  See the section on [[Wubi method#Disambiguation strokes|disambiguation strokes]] for more information on exceptions to this rule.