Jiten Japanese Dictionary vs Kanji draw
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Jiten Japanese Dictionary
Jiten is a Japanese dictionary based on JMDict/Kanjidic This is the offline android version of https://jiten.obfusk.dev. The large download size is because it includes all the dictionary data, including audio. NB: the app will take a while to load the first time it is started (or after an update), but it will load a lot faster afterwards. Features: JMDict multilingual japanese dictionary • kanji, readings (romaji optional), meanings & more • meanings in english, dutch, german, french and/or spanish • pitch accent (from Wadoku) • browse by frequency/jlpt Kanji dictionary • readings (romaji optional), meanings (english), jmdict entries, radicals & more • search using SKIP codes • search by radical • handwritten kanji recognition • browse by frequency/level/jlpt/SKIP Example sentences (from Tatoeba) • with english, dutch, german, french and/or spanish translation • some with audio Stroke order • input a word or sentence and see how it's written Fine-grained search using regexes (regular expressions) • simple searches don't require knowledge of regexes • quick reference available • Dark mode • Search history (stored locally) • Use long press for tooltips: quickly see meanings and readings for kanji and words • Easily share and open jiten.obfusk.dev links • Convert romaji to hiragana and between hiragana and katakana No ads. No trackers. The source code is 100% Free and Open Source (AGPLv3+) and the data is available under Creative Commons or similar licenses (some non-commercial); for details, see https://github.com/obfusk/jiten#readme To report bugs and request features, please use the issue tracker at https://github.com/obfusk/jiten/issues Questions and feedback are welcome at https://github.com/obfusk/jiten/discussions or jiten@obfusk.dev
Kanji draw
A simple application that lets you draw Japanese characters (kanji) using the touch screen. It is intended for Japanese language learners who might need to enter characters in order to look them up in a dictionary or enter them on a website. It identifies the character you have drawn using a special form of handwriting recognition. You can select the correct character from a list. After entering one or more characters, you can copy them into the clipboard as text for use in a dictionary. Note that this will NOT work - at all - if you don't know basically how to draw kanji. If you just draw something any old way that looks like it, it certainly won't be recognised. You have to draw characters basically the official way. This is a fork of the Kanji draw application from https://github.com/quen/kanjirecog/ which is no longer maintained and was removed from F-Droid. Two of the included icons were taken from the Android SDK and are licensed under the Apache License 2.0. The kanji stroke data is based on the KanjiVG data set from http://kanjivg.tagaini.net/ and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license.
| Feature | Jiten Japanese Dictionary | Kanji draw |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivityTranslator | ProductivityTranslator |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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