ShinKanji:Q1: How do I enter a kanji to look it up?
You will need to use one of the builtin Japanese input methods provided by apple. In the videos section of this website there is a walkthrough on how to do this. In a future release additional ways of looking up a kanji will be provided:
- Japanese specific character recognition
- search by radicals and stroke order
Q2: There is a kanji I looked up which is not in the program?
ShinKanji's database contains more than 2300 kanjis. I will happily add any new ones which are suggested to me. With version 1.0 a change in the database requires a new version download. Starting with version v1.1 the latest version of the database can be downloaded other the air
Q3: I think this program is awesome but I think feature XXX will make it even better, how do I ask for it?
ShinKanji is actively being developped by myself. I have a list of pending features already but I am glad for any suggestion. I can't garantee when they will be available in the store but I can tell you what priority they will have in my list.
Q4: You keep talking about the list of features you intend to implement, can we take a peek?
Although I can't give you a date at which any of this will be available, here is the list. I will also update the status on each feature.
| Feature | Status |
|---|---|
| Automatically download DB updates | Done in v1.1 |
| Get kanji information from Kanjidic, use taka only for vector definition and structure | planned |
| Support for japanese to english dictionary lookup based on jmdict | planned |
| Support for list of kanjis | planned |
| List all word starting with the kanji, ending with the kanji, containing the kanji | planned |
| Support for taking notes on kanjis | planned |
| Support for reporting errors in the database | planned |
| Support for additional input method: radicals + stroke counts | in work for v2.0 |
| Support for additional input method: one and maybe 2 character recognitions | in work for v2.0 |
| Support for EPWING format dictionaries | Planned |
Latest News
- Database update 1.6 (September 7, 2008)
- Shinkanji.bcerrina.com changed host (September 3, 2008)
- Shinkanji v1.1 in app store (September 3, 2008)
- Tour page up to date (August 27, 2008)
- ShinKanji v1.1 submitted (August 27, 2008)
- ShinKanji v1.0 is on the Appstore (August 26, 2008)
- ShinKanji v1.0 sent to apple for review (August 15, 2008)
- ShinKanji looking for beta testers (August 10, 2008)
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