Abstract: In this paper, a few new techniques and algorithms for computer on-line handwritten Chinese chiaracter recognition are presented. More freedom in writing can be provided by the following points:(1) sementation is based firstly on successive sampling and secondly on a method which eliminates, based on a local comparison, the undesired relative short segments of a strok;(2) by means of correction algorithm, strokes which should not be separated can be linked together, and strokes which should not be linked can be split into several basic strokes;(3) the distorted characters can be recognized by a non-exact matching process;(4) with reference to the stroke sequence order of a template character stored in the dictionary, the stroke sequence order of an input character can be rearranged;(5) use stroke position and stroke length as additional features to distinguish ambiguous characters.