Kanji Recognizer
Free AppAbout Kanji Recognizer
Handwritten Japanese kanji recognition and writing quiz. Integrates with WWWJDIC.
New: Training mode for quiz. Use stroke guidelines and stroke order hints to practice writing kanji correctly. Does not advance to next character until you get it right.
Kanji writing quiz. Test yourself based on school year or JLPT level. Check your answers against the proper stroke order using animated diagrams.
Premium features: history/favorites, export/import, search by reading/meaning, Simeji/OpenWnn/ATOK integration, local stroke order database. You can upgrade form within the application (Settings->Upgrade to premium), no need to download a new application.
Premium upgrade price: around $4.99 (varies slightly by location/exchange rate. Press the 'Upgrade' button to display the Play Store dialog with the exact local price).
Just draw a character, tap 'Recognize' and select a candidate to display reading, meaning, radical and more. Copy or share characters to clipboard or other apps. History/favorites and search by reading or meaning also available (premium only). Call from within Simeji, OpenWnn/Flick/ATOK/OpenWnn Plus to input characters using handwriting (premium only, Simeji/OpenWnn/Atok Japanese IME install required).
Test your kanji writing skills by school year or JLPT level: write kanji based on reading and/or meaning hints. Check your score, and compare your writing with the proper stroke order using animated stroke order diagrams. Free version offers JLPT N5 and elementary school grade 1 and 2 kanji. Premium versions lets you select all grades/JLPT levels.
Follow proper, or at least basic (left to right, top to bottom, horizontal before vertical, etc.), stroke order for best results.
Tips:
* if recognition is slow on your device, try using the compressed model. Open Settings (press the Menu key, or the overflow menu on ICS to display), press 'Recognition model' and select 'JP. comb. compressed'. This should improve startup time and recognition speed.
* you can also increase the search timeout to make sure recognition starts after you finish drawing. Tap 'Auto-search after' in Settings and increase the timeout (default is 400 ms)
* if it is still slow, uncheck the 'Search on stroke' option in Settings. Candidates won't be displayed automatically, but on a separate screen.
* draw larger characters for better recognition
Features
* Tablet support
* Animated stroke order diagrams (online for free version, offline for premium)
* Kanji writing quiz. Bell/buzzer sounds marks answer
* Training mode
* Automatically searches on each stroke for immediate feedback
* Configurable drawing pen size and color
* Shake to delete stroke/all strokes
* Favorites and history (premium)
* Favorites Excel (CSV) and Anki export (premium)
* Simeji, OpenWnn/Flick, ATOK, OpenWnn Plus integration (mushroom) (premium)
* Search by reading and meaning (premium)
* Compressed model for older/slower devices
* Works offline (Internet connections only required for initial download).
* Stroke annotation
* Undo (removes last stroke)
* Integrated kanji database with more than 13,000 entries
* Kanji decomposition into components
* Integration with WWWJDIC for Android (can be used as the handwriting recognition backend)
* Copy/append recognized kanji to clipboard or share to other programs.
Not a handwriting input method (IME).
Ad-supported (ads are removed if you upgrade to premium)
Version 2.0 requires Android 2.1 and later. Earlier Android versions can use version 1.7.2.
Email for bug reports and feature requests:
kanji.recognizer@gmail.com
Follow me on Twitter for latest updates:
http://twitter.com/kapitanpetko
Google+ page
https://plus.google.com/110615818892301408465/
Release announcements and detailed explanation of new features:
http://nelenkov.blogspot.jp/search/label/kanji-recognizer
New: Training mode for quiz. Use stroke guidelines and stroke order hints to practice writing kanji correctly. Does not advance to next character until you get it right.
Kanji writing quiz. Test yourself based on school year or JLPT level. Check your answers against the proper stroke order using animated diagrams.
Premium features: history/favorites, export/import, search by reading/meaning, Simeji/OpenWnn/ATOK integration, local stroke order database. You can upgrade form within the application (Settings->Upgrade to premium), no need to download a new application.
Premium upgrade price: around $4.99 (varies slightly by location/exchange rate. Press the 'Upgrade' button to display the Play Store dialog with the exact local price).
Just draw a character, tap 'Recognize' and select a candidate to display reading, meaning, radical and more. Copy or share characters to clipboard or other apps. History/favorites and search by reading or meaning also available (premium only). Call from within Simeji, OpenWnn/Flick/ATOK/OpenWnn Plus to input characters using handwriting (premium only, Simeji/OpenWnn/Atok Japanese IME install required).
Test your kanji writing skills by school year or JLPT level: write kanji based on reading and/or meaning hints. Check your score, and compare your writing with the proper stroke order using animated stroke order diagrams. Free version offers JLPT N5 and elementary school grade 1 and 2 kanji. Premium versions lets you select all grades/JLPT levels.
Follow proper, or at least basic (left to right, top to bottom, horizontal before vertical, etc.), stroke order for best results.
Tips:
* if recognition is slow on your device, try using the compressed model. Open Settings (press the Menu key, or the overflow menu on ICS to display), press 'Recognition model' and select 'JP. comb. compressed'. This should improve startup time and recognition speed.
* you can also increase the search timeout to make sure recognition starts after you finish drawing. Tap 'Auto-search after' in Settings and increase the timeout (default is 400 ms)
* if it is still slow, uncheck the 'Search on stroke' option in Settings. Candidates won't be displayed automatically, but on a separate screen.
* draw larger characters for better recognition
Features
* Tablet support
* Animated stroke order diagrams (online for free version, offline for premium)
* Kanji writing quiz. Bell/buzzer sounds marks answer
* Training mode
* Automatically searches on each stroke for immediate feedback
* Configurable drawing pen size and color
* Shake to delete stroke/all strokes
* Favorites and history (premium)
* Favorites Excel (CSV) and Anki export (premium)
* Simeji, OpenWnn/Flick, ATOK, OpenWnn Plus integration (mushroom) (premium)
* Search by reading and meaning (premium)
* Compressed model for older/slower devices
* Works offline (Internet connections only required for initial download).
* Stroke annotation
* Undo (removes last stroke)
* Integrated kanji database with more than 13,000 entries
* Kanji decomposition into components
* Integration with WWWJDIC for Android (can be used as the handwriting recognition backend)
* Copy/append recognized kanji to clipboard or share to other programs.
Not a handwriting input method (IME).
Ad-supported (ads are removed if you upgrade to premium)
Version 2.0 requires Android 2.1 and later. Earlier Android versions can use version 1.7.2.
Email for bug reports and feature requests:
kanji.recognizer@gmail.com
Follow me on Twitter for latest updates:
http://twitter.com/kapitanpetko
Google+ page
https://plus.google.com/110615818892301408465/
Release announcements and detailed explanation of new features:
http://nelenkov.blogspot.jp/search/label/kanji-recognizer
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
v2.5.8.2
* Fixed favorites/history icons
v2.5.8.1
* Handle TTS errors on Samsung devices
v2.5.8
* Google TTS support
* Bug fixes
v2.5.7.1
* Bug fixes
v2.5.7
* Korean localization
v2.5.6
* Better Lollipop support
v2.5.5.
* Updated Google components
* Bug fixes
v2.5.0
* Anki deck synchronization (premium)
* Use Japanese font on non-Japanese locales
* Scale stroke numbers
* Use file selection dialog for import files (4.4+)
v2.5.8.2
* Fixed favorites/history icons
v2.5.8.1
* Handle TTS errors on Samsung devices
v2.5.8
* Google TTS support
* Bug fixes
v2.5.7.1
* Bug fixes
v2.5.7
* Korean localization
v2.5.6
* Better Lollipop support
v2.5.5.
* Updated Google components
* Bug fixes
v2.5.0
* Anki deck synchronization (premium)
* Use Japanese font on non-Japanese locales
* Scale stroke numbers
* Use file selection dialog for import files (4.4+)
Version update Kanji Recognizer was updated to version 2.5.8.2
What are users saying about Kanji Recognizer
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it doesnt work. У меня ничего не ищет, выдает одни ошибки. В чем проблема? Та же ситуация с wwwjdic
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It works great. People complaining must not understand stroke order
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I gave up. finally, I paid for the full version. This program is very useful and solves 100s of my kanji problem.
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IT WORKS PERFECTLY FINE, EVEN CONPLEX KANJIS. A lot of people gave 1 star because they dont know the correct stroke order
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Useless, doesn't recognize anything
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What I've used of it, it is bad
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Correct stroke order my ass. It can't find more complex kanjis at all.
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It's pretty good, been using it for a while with few issues
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Whoever made this was not serious about this app
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There"s no OCR & JAFAX soon
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Just Great
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Excellent
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I feel totally comfortable having bought the premium version, though I don't study much these days. Recognizes very well, provided you use the correct stroke order!
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It can't find the kanji I'm looking for that are in my textbook
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why took so long?
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Lucky I found this app.
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Very useful. saved me time
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If you're expecting to use this to identify kanji you've never learned or don't know the correct stroke order for, it's not for you. It couldn't even identify "今" because I wasn't getting the stroke order right. If it does what you want, then great. I'm glad it works. For me, I was expecting a tool to help recognize kanji I hadn't seen before but wanted to understand and learn. This is not an app that can be used for that.
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It's found 100% of what I've looked up so far, even with a couple minor stroke order errors. If you have a basic understanding of the rules that define stroke order, you'll find what you're looking for in no time.
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Already downloaded jp comb. compressed for recognition model but still cannot find い word.
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Use free version every day when I need to retrieve a kanji whose meaning/on+kun yomi is unknown to me. But, you do have to know the stroke order!
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Worst Application Ever!
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Nice! Can write some difficult kanji
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Have to pay to use. Dont waste time
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This is one app I use frequently but after updating on my old Galaxy 5 (YP-G70) I get an error message. Otherwise this is a 5 star. How can I download a previous version?
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This is IMHO the best recognizer app around and it works reliably. The interface is nice too, after the last major update. The app icon though, is by far the ugliest of any app I use. Please update the icon!
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Super useful app, though there are quite a few kanji I've run into that the app doesn't recognize.
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Others are too strict especially if you don't know the right way. This one does it for me
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Hello, i love the kanji recognizer but compared to the hanzi recognizer, the japanese version lack of compound research of a word. Is there any update plan to fix this ?
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If you're expecting to use this to identify kanji you've never learned or don't know the correct stroke order for, it's not for you. It couldn't even identify "今" because I wasn't getting the stroke order right. If it does what you want, then great. I'm glad it works. For me, I was expecting a tool to help recognize kanji I hadn't seen before but wanted to understand and learn. This is not an app that can be used for that.
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Been using it frequently for the past few months, an essential app. Would really like to have the option to turn on grid lines, i.e. overlaid faint lines that splits the input window into quarters. I think it would help in learning to write the kanji with the correct proportions.
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Super useful app. Has been a great help whenever I come across new kanji. Easy to use and great interface.
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most people wouldnt know the order of the strokes of the kanji they are searching. difficult to find the correct kanji im looking for. other than that its a good app
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It seems useful at first, but it fails to recognize a lot of kanji, even when clearly written out. I prefer other programs over this one honestly.
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Needs network to see stroke order and lacks a romaji search
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It does just what it says. Recognizes very well, provided you use the correct stroke order!
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Unless correct order, will not detect kanji
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I always use it to identify kanji I don't know. It always finds the right kanji if the stroke order is correct. I definitely recommend it for those who are learning Japanese.
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Quite efficient for finding a kanji. Thanks!
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This app can't even recognize basic 1st grade kanji, even with the right stroke order. It's completely useless.