Kanji Recognizer

2.6.1

Nikolay Elenkov

2.71

4,193 reviews

1,000,000+
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Free

Handwritten Japanese kanji recognition and dictionary. Integrates with WWWJDIC.

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About Kanji Recognizer

Kanji Recognizer was a books & reference app developed by Nikolay Elenkov. It was removed from Google Play Feb 14, 2025 and is no longer available for download.

Download Statistics

Kanji Recognizer had been downloaded 1.1 million times before it became unavailable.

User Ratings

Kanji Recognizer was rated 2.71 out of 5 stars, based on 4.2 thousand ratings.

App Information

Kanji Recognizer was free to download. The APK download size was 7.24 MB. The last available version was 2.6.1. The last update was on May 3, 2020.

Technical Requirements

Kanji Recognizer required Android 5.0+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play August 2010.

Description

Handwritten Japanese kanji recognition and writing quiz. Integrates with WWWJDIC.

More data about Kanji Recognizer

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	1.1 million
Rating	2.71 based on 4.2 thousand ratings
Version	2.6.1
APK size	7.24 MB
Number of libraries	25
Designed for Android	5.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	Contains ads

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Comments on Kanji Recognizer for Android

★★★★★ This app is amazing. I've been using ot for years, integrated in WWDC dictionary. Yes, you need to know the kanji stroke order, but knowing the stroke order is probably essential if you want to get anywhere with kanji. Question for the developers: in the Codea and More section, is there a way to show the Hasid keyword for each kanji like you can do with Rikaikun (Chrome extension). This would be really useful.

★★★★★ Works perfectly. Some people are complaining about having to know stroke order, but once you've studied japanese for a little while you'll be able to tell the stroke order of almost any kanji just by looking at it.

★★☆☆☆ The app is incredibly unreliable and inconsistent, and requires perfect stroke order to even have a chance of recognizing the kanji.

★★☆☆☆ What idiot created an app for people to find kanji but requires you to know the stroke order? The whole point of people looking up the kanji is because they don't recognize it! Most useless app I've ever seen.

Technologies used by Kanji Recognizer

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