diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/binary_dictionary_terminal_attributes_reading_utils.cpp b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/binary_dictionary_terminal_attributes_reading_utils.cpp
index 0a7509c..52b6689 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/binary_dictionary_terminal_attributes_reading_utils.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/binary_dictionary_terminal_attributes_reading_utils.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 // Mask for attribute probability, stored on 4 bits inside the flags byte.
 const TaUtils::TerminalAttributeFlags TaUtils::MASK_ATTRIBUTE_PROBABILITY = 0x0F;
 const int TaUtils::ATTRIBUTE_ADDRESS_SHIFT = 4;
+const int TaUtils::SHORTCUT_LIST_SIZE_FIELD_SIZE = 2;
+// The numeric value of the shortcut probability that means 'whitelist'.
+const int TaUtils::WHITELIST_SHORTCUT_PROBABILITY = 15;
 
 /* static */ int TaUtils::getBigramAddressAndForwardPointer(
         const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const binaryDictionaryInfo, const TerminalAttributeFlags flags,
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/binary_dictionary_terminal_attributes_reading_utils.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/binary_dictionary_terminal_attributes_reading_utils.h
index f38fd5a..15637d8 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/binary_dictionary_terminal_attributes_reading_utils.h
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/binary_dictionary_terminal_attributes_reading_utils.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
  public:
     typedef uint8_t TerminalAttributeFlags;
     typedef TerminalAttributeFlags BigramFlags;
+    typedef TerminalAttributeFlags ShortcutFlags;
 
     static AK_FORCE_INLINE TerminalAttributeFlags getFlagsAndForwardPointer(
             const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const binaryDictionaryInfo, int *const pos) {
@@ -59,6 +60,34 @@
             const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const binaryDictionaryInfo, const BigramFlags flags,
                     int *const pos);
 
+    // Shortcuts reading methods
+    // This method returns the size of the shortcut list region excluding the shortcut list size
+    // field at the beginning.
+    static AK_FORCE_INLINE int getShortcutListSizeAndForwardPointer(
+            const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const binaryDictionaryInfo, int *const pos) {
+        // readUint16andAdvancePosition() returns an offset *including* the uint16 field itself.
+        return ByteArrayUtils::readUint16andAdvancePosition(
+                binaryDictionaryInfo->getDictRoot(), pos) - SHORTCUT_LIST_SIZE_FIELD_SIZE;
+    }
+
+    static AK_FORCE_INLINE void skipShortcuts(
+            const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const binaryDictionaryInfo, int *const pos) {
+        const int shortcutListSize = getShortcutListSizeAndForwardPointer(
+                binaryDictionaryInfo, pos);
+        *pos += shortcutListSize;
+    }
+
+    static AK_FORCE_INLINE bool isWhitelist(const ShortcutFlags flags) {
+        return getProbabilityFromFlags(flags) == WHITELIST_SHORTCUT_PROBABILITY;
+    }
+
+    static AK_FORCE_INLINE int readShortcutTarget(
+            const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const binaryDictionaryInfo, const int maxLength,
+            int *const outWord, int *const pos) {
+        return ByteArrayUtils::readStringAndAdvancePosition(
+                binaryDictionaryInfo->getDictRoot(), maxLength, outWord, pos);
+    }
+
  private:
     DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(BinaryDictionaryTerminalAttributesReadingUtils);
 
@@ -70,6 +99,8 @@
     static const TerminalAttributeFlags FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_HAS_NEXT;
     static const TerminalAttributeFlags MASK_ATTRIBUTE_PROBABILITY;
     static const int ATTRIBUTE_ADDRESS_SHIFT;
+    static const int SHORTCUT_LIST_SIZE_FIELD_SIZE;
+    static const int WHITELIST_SHORTCUT_PROBABILITY;
 
     static AK_FORCE_INLINE bool isOffsetNegative(const TerminalAttributeFlags flags) {
         return (flags & FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_OFFSET_NEGATIVE) != 0;
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/binary_format.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/binary_format.h
index df0ec48..9557d8c 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/binary_format.h
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/binary_format.h
@@ -52,14 +52,10 @@
 
     // Mask for attribute probability, stored on 4 bits inside the flags byte.
     static const int MASK_ATTRIBUTE_PROBABILITY = 0x0F;
-    // The numeric value of the shortcut probability that means 'whitelist'.
-    static const int WHITELIST_SHORTCUT_PROBABILITY = 15;
 
     // Mask and flags for attribute address type selection.
     static const int MASK_ATTRIBUTE_ADDRESS_TYPE = 0x30;
 
-    static const int SHORTCUT_LIST_SIZE_SIZE = 2;
-
     static bool hasBlacklistedOrNotAWordFlag(const int flags);
     static int getGroupCountAndForwardPointer(const uint8_t *const dict, int *pos);
     static uint8_t getFlagsAndForwardPointer(const uint8_t *const dict, int *pos);
@@ -73,9 +69,6 @@
             const int pos);
     static int readChildrenPosition(const uint8_t *const dict, const uint8_t flags, const int pos);
     static bool hasChildrenInFlags(const uint8_t flags);
-    static int getAttributeAddressAndForwardPointer(const uint8_t *const dict, const uint8_t flags,
-            int *pos);
-    static int getAttributeProbabilityFromFlags(const int flags);
     static int getTerminalPosition(const uint8_t *const root, const int *const inWord,
             const int length, const bool forceLowerCaseSearch);
     static int getWordAtAddress(const uint8_t *const root, const int address, const int maxDepth,
@@ -260,38 +253,6 @@
     return (FLAG_GROUP_ADDRESS_TYPE_NOADDRESS != (MASK_GROUP_ADDRESS_TYPE & flags));
 }
 
-AK_FORCE_INLINE int BinaryFormat::getAttributeAddressAndForwardPointer(const uint8_t *const dict,
-        const uint8_t flags, int *pos) {
-    int offset = 0;
-    const int origin = *pos;
-    switch (MASK_ATTRIBUTE_ADDRESS_TYPE & flags) {
-        case FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_ADDRESS_TYPE_ONEBYTE:
-            offset = dict[origin];
-            *pos = origin + 1;
-            break;
-        case FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_ADDRESS_TYPE_TWOBYTES:
-            offset = dict[origin] << 8;
-            offset += dict[origin + 1];
-            *pos = origin + 2;
-            break;
-        case FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_ADDRESS_TYPE_THREEBYTES:
-            offset = dict[origin] << 16;
-            offset += dict[origin + 1] << 8;
-            offset += dict[origin + 2];
-            *pos = origin + 3;
-            break;
-    }
-    if (FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_OFFSET_NEGATIVE & flags) {
-        return origin - offset;
-    } else {
-        return origin + offset;
-    }
-}
-
-inline int BinaryFormat::getAttributeProbabilityFromFlags(const int flags) {
-    return flags & MASK_ATTRIBUTE_PROBABILITY;
-}
-
 // This function gets the byte position of the last chargroup of the exact matching word in the
 // dictionary. If no match is found, it returns NOT_VALID_WORD.
 AK_FORCE_INLINE int BinaryFormat::getTerminalPosition(const uint8_t *const root,
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/shortcut_utils.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/shortcut_utils.h
index 601ac5f..3c21809 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/shortcut_utils.h
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/shortcut_utils.h
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@
             int outputWordIndex, const int finalScore, int *const outputCodePoints,
             int *const frequencies, int *const outputTypes, const bool sameAsTyped) {
         TerminalAttributes::ShortcutIterator iterator = terminalAttributes->getShortcutIterator();
+        int shortcutTarget[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
         while (iterator.hasNextShortcutTarget() && outputWordIndex < MAX_RESULTS) {
-            int shortcutTarget[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
-            int shortcutProbability;
-            const int shortcutTargetStringLength = iterator.getNextShortcutTarget(
-                    MAX_WORD_LENGTH, shortcutTarget, &shortcutProbability);
+            bool isWhilelist;
+            int shortcutTargetStringLength;
+            iterator.nextShortcutTarget(MAX_WORD_LENGTH, shortcutTarget,
+                    &shortcutTargetStringLength, &isWhilelist);
             int shortcutScore;
             int kind;
-            if (shortcutProbability == BinaryFormat::WHITELIST_SHORTCUT_PROBABILITY
-                    && sameAsTyped) {
+            if (isWhilelist && sameAsTyped) {
                 shortcutScore = S_INT_MAX;
                 kind = Dictionary::KIND_WHITELIST;
             } else {
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/terminal_attributes.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/terminal_attributes.h
index bbd9af0..cec4708 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/terminal_attributes.h
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/core/dictionary/terminal_attributes.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include "suggest/core/dictionary/binary_dictionary_info.h"
+#include "suggest/core/dictionary/binary_dictionary_terminal_attributes_reading_utils.h"
 #include "suggest/core/dictionary/binary_format.h"
 
 namespace latinime {
@@ -33,60 +34,66 @@
  public:
     class ShortcutIterator {
      public:
-        ShortcutIterator(const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const binaryDictionaryInfo, const int pos,
-                const uint8_t flags)
-                : mBinaryDicitionaryInfo(binaryDictionaryInfo), mPos(pos),
-                  mHasNextShortcutTarget(0 != (flags & BinaryFormat::FLAG_HAS_SHORTCUT_TARGETS)) {
-        }
+        ShortcutIterator(const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const binaryDictionaryInfo,
+                const int shortcutPos, const bool hasShortcutList)
+                : mBinaryDictionaryInfo(binaryDictionaryInfo), mPos(shortcutPos),
+                  mHasNextShortcutTarget(hasShortcutList) {}
 
         inline bool hasNextShortcutTarget() const {
             return mHasNextShortcutTarget;
         }
 
-        // Gets the shortcut target itself as an int string. For parameters and return value
-        // see BinaryFormat::getWordAtAddress.
-        inline int getNextShortcutTarget(const int maxDepth, int *outWord, int *outFreq) {
-            const int shortcutFlags = BinaryFormat::getFlagsAndForwardPointer(
-                    mBinaryDicitionaryInfo->getDictRoot(), &mPos);
-            mHasNextShortcutTarget = 0 != (shortcutFlags & BinaryFormat::FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_HAS_NEXT);
-            unsigned int i;
-            for (i = 0; i < MAX_WORD_LENGTH; ++i) {
-                const int codePoint = BinaryFormat::getCodePointAndForwardPointer(
-                        mBinaryDicitionaryInfo->getDictRoot(), &mPos);
-                if (NOT_A_CODE_POINT == codePoint) break;
-                outWord[i] = codePoint;
+        // Gets the shortcut target itself as an int string and put it to outTarget, put its length
+        // to outTargetLength, put whether it is whitelist to outIsWhitelist.
+        AK_FORCE_INLINE void nextShortcutTarget(
+                const int maxDepth, int *const outTarget, int *const outTargetLength,
+                bool *const outIsWhitelist) {
+            const BinaryDictionaryTerminalAttributesReadingUtils::ShortcutFlags flags =
+                    BinaryDictionaryTerminalAttributesReadingUtils::getFlagsAndForwardPointer(
+                            mBinaryDictionaryInfo, &mPos);
+            mHasNextShortcutTarget =
+                    BinaryDictionaryTerminalAttributesReadingUtils::hasNext(flags);
+            if (outIsWhitelist) {
+                *outIsWhitelist =
+                        BinaryDictionaryTerminalAttributesReadingUtils::isWhitelist(flags);
             }
-            *outFreq = BinaryFormat::getAttributeProbabilityFromFlags(shortcutFlags);
-            return i;
+            if (outTargetLength) {
+                *outTargetLength =
+                        BinaryDictionaryTerminalAttributesReadingUtils::readShortcutTarget(
+                                mBinaryDictionaryInfo, maxDepth, outTarget, &mPos);
+            }
         }
 
      private:
-        const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const mBinaryDicitionaryInfo;
+        const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const mBinaryDictionaryInfo;
         int mPos;
         bool mHasNextShortcutTarget;
     };
 
-    TerminalAttributes(const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const binaryDicitonaryInfo,
-            const uint8_t flags, const int pos)
-            : mBinaryDicitionaryInfo(binaryDicitonaryInfo), mFlags(flags), mStartPos(pos) {
-    }
+    TerminalAttributes(const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const binaryDictionaryInfo,
+            const uint8_t nodeFlags, const int shortcutPos)
+            : mBinaryDictionaryInfo(binaryDictionaryInfo),
+              mNodeFlags(nodeFlags), mShortcutListSizePos(shortcutPos) {}
 
     inline ShortcutIterator getShortcutIterator() const {
         // The size of the shortcuts is stored here so that the whole shortcut chunk can be
         // skipped quickly, so we ignore it.
-        return ShortcutIterator(
-                mBinaryDicitionaryInfo, mStartPos + BinaryFormat::SHORTCUT_LIST_SIZE_SIZE, mFlags);
+        int shortcutPos = mShortcutListSizePos;
+        BinaryDictionaryTerminalAttributesReadingUtils::getShortcutListSizeAndForwardPointer(
+                mBinaryDictionaryInfo, &shortcutPos);
+        const bool hasShortcutList = 0 != (mNodeFlags & BinaryFormat::FLAG_HAS_SHORTCUT_TARGETS);
+        return ShortcutIterator(mBinaryDictionaryInfo, shortcutPos, hasShortcutList);
     }
 
     bool isBlacklistedOrNotAWord() const {
-        return BinaryFormat::hasBlacklistedOrNotAWordFlag(mFlags);
+        return BinaryFormat::hasBlacklistedOrNotAWordFlag(mNodeFlags);
     }
 
  private:
     DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(TerminalAttributes);
-    const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const mBinaryDicitionaryInfo;
-    const uint8_t mFlags;
-    const int mStartPos;
+    const BinaryDictionaryInfo *const mBinaryDictionaryInfo;
+    const uint8_t mNodeFlags;
+    const int mShortcutListSizePos;
 };
 } // namespace latinime
 #endif // LATINIME_TERMINAL_ATTRIBUTES_H