Hanzi Recognizer
Free AppAbout Hanzi Recognizer
Handwritten character recognition and dictionary for simplified and traditional Chinese.
* New: Support for Anki 2.0 (AnkiDroid)
* New: Text to speech support. Just install the eSpeak TTS engine and get audio pronunciation for hanzi (free) or compounds (premium only).
Premium features available: search by reading/meaning, compound search, favorites and history. You can upgrade form within the application (Settings->Upgrade to premium), no need to download a separate application.
Premium upgrade price: around $3.99 (varies slightly by location/exchange rate. Press the 'Upgrade' button to display the Android Market dialog with the current price).
Just draw a character, tap 'Recognize' and select a candidate to display character reading, meaning, radical and hear audio pronunciation . Search by reading or meaning, as well as compound search also available (premium only). Characters/compounds you view are automatically saved to history and can be marked as favorite (premium only).
Follow proper, or at least basic (left to right, top to bottom, horizontal before vertical, etc.), stroke order for best results.
Features:
* Full tablet support (v2.0)
* Audio pronunciation for hanzi and compounds (uses the eSpeak text-to-speech engine)
* Search on stroke -- recognition candidates are displayed automatically as you draw
* Adjustable candidates font size
* Adjustable drawing pen size and color
* Shake to delete stroke/clear all
* Favorites and history (premium only)
* Favorites Excel (CSV) and Anki export (premium only)
* Search by reading and meaning (premium only)
* Compound search (premium only)
* Supports both traditional and simplified Chinese
* Works offline (Internet connections is only required to download resources on first run).
* Integrated character database with more than 70,000 entries
* Stroke annotation
* Undo (removes last stroke)
* Pinyin and Jyutping readings
* Radical display
* Character decomposition into components
* Display character component details
* Copy and append to clipboard
Not a handwriting input method (IME).
Ad-supported (ads are not displayed if you upgrade to premium).
Version 2.0 requires Android 2.1 and later. Earlier Android versions can use version 1.7.2.
Email me for bug reports and feature requests:
hanzi.recognizer@gmail.com
Follow me on Twitter for latest updates: @kapitanpetko
http://twitter.com/kapitanpetko
Release announcements and detailed explanation of new features on my blog:
http://nelenkov.blogspot.jp/search/label/hanzi-recognizer
Google+ page:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/116773495639948602415
* New: Support for Anki 2.0 (AnkiDroid)
* New: Text to speech support. Just install the eSpeak TTS engine and get audio pronunciation for hanzi (free) or compounds (premium only).
Premium features available: search by reading/meaning, compound search, favorites and history. You can upgrade form within the application (Settings->Upgrade to premium), no need to download a separate application.
Premium upgrade price: around $3.99 (varies slightly by location/exchange rate. Press the 'Upgrade' button to display the Android Market dialog with the current price).
Just draw a character, tap 'Recognize' and select a candidate to display character reading, meaning, radical and hear audio pronunciation . Search by reading or meaning, as well as compound search also available (premium only). Characters/compounds you view are automatically saved to history and can be marked as favorite (premium only).
Follow proper, or at least basic (left to right, top to bottom, horizontal before vertical, etc.), stroke order for best results.
Features:
* Full tablet support (v2.0)
* Audio pronunciation for hanzi and compounds (uses the eSpeak text-to-speech engine)
* Search on stroke -- recognition candidates are displayed automatically as you draw
* Adjustable candidates font size
* Adjustable drawing pen size and color
* Shake to delete stroke/clear all
* Favorites and history (premium only)
* Favorites Excel (CSV) and Anki export (premium only)
* Search by reading and meaning (premium only)
* Compound search (premium only)
* Supports both traditional and simplified Chinese
* Works offline (Internet connections is only required to download resources on first run).
* Integrated character database with more than 70,000 entries
* Stroke annotation
* Undo (removes last stroke)
* Pinyin and Jyutping readings
* Radical display
* Character decomposition into components
* Display character component details
* Copy and append to clipboard
Not a handwriting input method (IME).
Ad-supported (ads are not displayed if you upgrade to premium).
Version 2.0 requires Android 2.1 and later. Earlier Android versions can use version 1.7.2.
Email me for bug reports and feature requests:
hanzi.recognizer@gmail.com
Follow me on Twitter for latest updates: @kapitanpetko
http://twitter.com/kapitanpetko
Release announcements and detailed explanation of new features on my blog:
http://nelenkov.blogspot.jp/search/label/hanzi-recognizer
Google+ page:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/116773495639948602415
All Application Badges
Free
downl.
downl.
Android
2.3+
2.3+
Bug
buster
buster
Android app
App History & Updates
What's Changed
v2.5.7
* Google TTS support
* Bug fixes
v2.5.6
* Better Lollipop support
* Bug fixes
v2.5.5
* Updated Google components
* Bug fixes
v2.5.3
* test
v2.4.0
* Support Anki 2.0 export (premium)
* Added 'Create flashcard' action
* Automatic settings backup/restore
* UI improvements
* Bug fixes
v2.3
* Nexus 7 support
v2.2
* Quickly look up all characters from a compound
* Support new eSpeak TTS (ICS compatible)
* UI improvements
v2.5.7
* Google TTS support
* Bug fixes
v2.5.6
* Better Lollipop support
* Bug fixes
v2.5.5
* Updated Google components
* Bug fixes
v2.5.3
* test
v2.4.0
* Support Anki 2.0 export (premium)
* Added 'Create flashcard' action
* Automatic settings backup/restore
* UI improvements
* Bug fixes
v2.3
* Nexus 7 support
v2.2
* Quickly look up all characters from a compound
* Support new eSpeak TTS (ICS compatible)
* UI improvements
Version update Hanzi Recognizer was updated to version 2.5.7
More downloads Hanzi Recognizer reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
Version update Hanzi Recognizer was updated to version 2.4
More downloads Hanzi Recognizer reached 50 000 - 250 000 downloads
What are users saying about Hanzi Recognizer
U
by U####:
by U####:
I want to have both traditional and simplified sets so that I know the difference between them. Can you help me?
I
by I####:
by I####:
Disappointingly, it seems not to recognise many component radicals beyond the most basic. Eg try 聚, or any of its component radicals.
T
by T####:
by T####:
Cant get it to recognize simple characters.
Z
by Z####:
by Z####:
ลองใช้ก่อนแล้วจะมาบอก เอาไป3ดาวก่อนนะ
Z
by Z####:
by Z####:
Excellent
F
by F####:
by F####:
Good
E
by E####:
by E####:
I want to have both traditional and simplified sets so that I know the difference between them. Can you help me?
Z
by Z####:
by Z####:
that's all pronounce in Cantonese which is only a less than1%Chinese use, only dialect just like slang, uninstall right away
D
by D####:
by D####:
How could it cannot read the pinyin of the character appropriately? Installed TTS as required, but it just spells the pinyin!
Y
by Y####:
by Y####:
Exactly what a student needs
I
by I####:
by I####:
Hanzi Recognizer
Y
by Y####:
by Y####:
And even if it is, consider that you may have difficulty remembering every single stroke of an unfamiliar character long enough to enter it.
Y
by Y####:
by Y####:
Better if more forgiving of novices, eg stroke order & direction, line accuracy
Y
by Y####:
by Y####:
recognition is terrible if you don't have the stroke order exactly right. it's quicker to just guess the pinyin in another program.
X
by X####:
by X####:
Wish there is a Cantonese language pack for espeak.
N
by N####:
by N####:
Very useful for those better at reading and writing than speaking
X
by X####:
by X####:
Works well in my Samsung Galaxy S2. Great app! But it would be nice if we don't have to make stroke in order, and the app suggests the right stroke order.
Y
by Y####:
by Y####:
samsung infuse
Y
by Y####:
by Y####:
Very useful
Y
by Y####:
by Y####:
very responsive customer service.
Y
by Y####:
by Y####:
Really good, helpful App. Rooted Moto Defy v2.1.1. Great assistance from Dev if probs arise! Plan to get paid App soon
Y
by Y####:
by Y####:
Great. Strict about stroke order, but that's good discipline.
Y
by Y####:
by Y####:
Not so good, you need to know the stroke order and even so it fails to recognize many characters.
Y
by Y####:
by Y####:
Seems to have issues recognizing even simple characters
F
by F####:
by F####:
Very poor, installed within 1min :(
O
by O####:
by O####:
This new update is great. Finally is more useful in character recognition!
Y
by Y####:
by Y####:
Very nice! The free version is fun to play with and quite instructive, but you should upgrade to premium for full use.
S
by S####:
by S####:
很帮哦！我爱这个了！^___^
T
by T####:
by T####:
I pay for pnemin why can't write Chinese word 'Good.' or me Bad
T
by T####:
by T####:
Easy to use, great database. I . Use it constantly when I'm studying Chinese.
T
by T####:
by T####:
Awesome app...gives you both Mandarin and Cantonese definition as well as character and radical breakdown...upgrade to pro is even better :D
T
by T####:
by T####:
Keeps asking to upgrade. Blank
T
by T####:
by T####:
that's all pronounce in Cantonese which is only a less than1%Chinese use, only dialect just like slang, uninstall right away
T
by T####:
by T####:
Bgus
T
by T####:
by T####:
I like it
T
by T####:
by T####:
The character recognition is pretty good, except for the annoying fact that it expects correct stroke order, often a problem for beginners like me. But the spoken Chinese is just wrong almost always - weird.
T
by T####:
by T####:
it only works for simple word. for more complicated word with many strokes, it won't recognize any
T
by T####:
by T####:
Only a few bugs need to be sorted out
T
by T####:
by T####:
Good that it has decomposition, but too slow and flaky recognition
by T####:
Excellent