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.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising when generating the different pictographic character comprising the selected portion, generating the different pictographic character where the selected portion occurs in a selectable location of the generated different pictographic character selected by a user of the electronic device.