1. A method of generating a pictographic character on a display of an electronic device comprising an input device, the method comprising: the electronic device generating on the display a pictographic character comprising a radical portion and at least one non-radical portion; designating at least one of the at least one non-radical portions as a selected portion; and the electronic device generating on the display a different pictographic character comprising the selected portion.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the different pictographic character comprising the selected portion comprises adding a non-radical portion to the selected portion.