Kanji Fix
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About Kanji Fix
NOTE: This is no longer required on Android 7.0+. Instead add Japanese to your language list in Settings > Languages & input > Languages to show the correct Kanji across all apps.
Android renders Chinese glyphs by default when the system language is set to anything but Japanese. Kanji Fix changes the order of system fonts in Android 4.1 and up to prioritize Japanese Kanji over the Chinese equivalent.
Root access is required!
This should be a last resort method to making Japanese Kanji show in apps instead of the Chinese default.
1. This app changes system files. As a result, OTA updates will fail. You will need to revert before applying an OTA update.
2. This can make other unicode languages look awful, including Russian.
3. 4.4+ fixed Japanese font rendering in WebViews (Chrome, Wanikani Mobile, and other apps), although this is still required for apps using native fonts with native TextViews.
Make a backup if concerned about data loss. A restart is required after applying to see the updated glyphs.
See the screenshot above for a comparison of the different fonts. An alternative font, IPAGothic, is provided for a less "rounded" font, and can be installed by selecting "Install Alternative Font" from the menu.
This application is fully open source and licensed under the MIT License. The project source is available at https://github.com/ascendedguard/android-kanji-fix/
Android renders Chinese glyphs by default when the system language is set to anything but Japanese. Kanji Fix changes the order of system fonts in Android 4.1 and up to prioritize Japanese Kanji over the Chinese equivalent.
Root access is required!
This should be a last resort method to making Japanese Kanji show in apps instead of the Chinese default.
1. This app changes system files. As a result, OTA updates will fail. You will need to revert before applying an OTA update.
2. This can make other unicode languages look awful, including Russian.
3. 4.4+ fixed Japanese font rendering in WebViews (Chrome, Wanikani Mobile, and other apps), although this is still required for apps using native fonts with native TextViews.
Make a backup if concerned about data loss. A restart is required after applying to see the updated glyphs.
See the screenshot above for a comparison of the different fonts. An alternative font, IPAGothic, is provided for a less "rounded" font, and can be installed by selecting "Install Alternative Font" from the menu.
This application is fully open source and licensed under the MIT License. The project source is available at https://github.com/ascendedguard/android-kanji-fix/
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What's Changed
Version 1.4:
Adds "support" for Android 7.0
Kanji Fix is no longer required on Android 7.0+. Instead, add Japanese to your language list in Settings > Languages & Input > Languages. This will apply instantly to all apps. You can still use Kanji Fix to verify the list of Kanji look correct.
Version 1.4:
Adds "support" for Android 7.0
Kanji Fix is no longer required on Android 7.0+. Instead, add Japanese to your language list in Settings > Languages & Input > Languages. This will apply instantly to all apps. You can still use Kanji Fix to verify the list of Kanji look correct.
Version update Kanji Fix was updated to version 1.4
Version update Kanji Fix was updated to version 1.3
More downloads Kanji Fix reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
Version update Kanji Fix was updated to version 1.2
What are users saying about Kanji Fix
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Although the app didn't help me to change the fonts, it helped me figured out how to do it. Don't know if the issue is related to my Android version (5.0) or something else, but the font management was made in /system/etc/fonts.xml instead of /system/etc/fallback_fonts.xml, so the app was trying to access the wrong file. Might have worked for other Android version
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Use with caution but if your running a more stock ROM you may have issues
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It worked on my previous phone, but it fails on my galaxy note 3 because it cant find fallback_fonts.xml
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Marvelous, exactly what I was searching for my MM android phone. Works flawlessly.
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Worked perfectly on my phone running CM13
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Works great on Marshmallow now. Thank you!
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Must have app!
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So far so good.
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Please fix kanjifix. It no longer works.
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Could not find expected fonts in fallback_fonts.xml
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Of only we didn't have to do this in Android, but it's good to have a utility that makes it easy to fix. Maybe someday Android will allow us to decide for ourselves what fallback fonts we want to use when reading Japanese or Chinese, but I won't be holding my breath on that one. それで、アンドロイドの漢字を直してくれたありがとうございます！
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Practically indispensable for a student of Japanese.
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Thanks for the lollipop update! Works like a charm!
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Edit: installed it and works flawlessly. Thanks!
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It works greatly! Until now I had to do this fix manually. This is a lot faster and stress-free! Tested on Lollipop 5.0.1 (Nexus 5 and Nexus 10)
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This fixes the Japanese problems caused by so-called "unicode".
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I've been having problems rendering Japanese characters with my Japan-bought Nexus 5 since I got it, but this app fixed everything. Now 直す and 置くrender correctly! :) Thanks!!!
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This makes everything so easy. I hated having to check google for the forum where some guy explained how to fix this every time I had to fix this. Thank you! Thank you!
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All the time I used to think it was my lack of knowledge about the "font'in which kanji appears on android. But it actually was Chinese characters! It all looks fine now! :) thanks and great work!
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I'm highly impressed, well made, even declared android.permission.ACCESS_SUPERUSER.
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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
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Work as advertised. Thank you!