SmartHanzi is an education app developed by Jean SOULAT.
Download Statistics
SmartHanzi has been downloaded 9.5 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 20 times.
User Ratings
SmartHanzi is rated 5.00 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 57 ratings.
App Information
SmartHanzi is FREE to download. The APK download size is 102.40 MB. The latest version available is 2026.01. The last update was on January 21, 2026.
Technical Requirements
SmartHanzi requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play June 2016.
Description
SmartHanzi is a free yet professional grade tool for students and anyone wishing to read real Chinese texts (web, PDF) even with a limited level in Chinese.
● Parse and lookup: read and learn
On tablet (landscape) or desktop, the left part of the window shows the full text or lists of text words.
Full text: clicking on a character shows a subview with all possible words at that position, starting with longer ones. Idiomatic expressions (chengyu, very common in Chinese) will usually show first.
Lists: words and/or characters.
Right side shows lookup details: traditional / simplified variants, stroke order, Kangxi keys, words containing (or contained in) the current word, character components. Users select helpful fields to keep presentation clear.
On smartphone: compact presentation. The smartphone format can also be used on tablets in multi-application, side by side with the original text.
Easy access to details helps learning while reading. With this perspective beyond immediate usage, one gets progressively more familiar with words and characters.
Advanced: besides the traditional / simplified correspondence, SmartHanzi also recognizes multiple traditional variants. For instance, looking for 真 will show both 真 and 眞, according to what is present in selected dictionaries. Or it will recognize equally well 為 / 爲 or 眾 / 衆.
● Etymology: character components
Components are shown as described by Kangxi keys, Dr. Wieger's etymological lessons and phonetic series, and Lawrence Howell's EDHCC (former Kanji Networks website).
“Se non è vero, è ben trovato”: with these components, Chinese culture has developed along centuries a number of memorizing ways (or tricks) well-known by most Chinese people.
Trying to learn Chinese writing and ignore this invaluable assistance would be an unreasonable challenge.
● Dictionaries
Contemporary Chinese: English, German, French.
DDB, CJKV-E: short definitions (see below)
Séraphin Couvreur's "Dictionnaire classique de la langue chinoise" (Chinese-French, demo): multiple example sentences and their source, showing the evolution of character usage over centuries.
● Tests
Quizzes based on HSK levels as a way to check one's progress. Progress shown on 12 months. Short tests, with errors reviewed first.
Options: longer tests; review unsure words or check supposedly known ones.
● DDB, CJKV-E
DDB (Digital Dictionary of Buddhism) and CJKV-E (Dictionary of Confucian, Daoist, and Intellectual Historical Terms) are two collaborative projects lead by Charles Muller.
DDB Access is a separate application derived from SmartHanzi, dedicated to DDB and CJKV-E. Entries are much more detailed. DDB Access is also on Google Play Store.
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Concise, helpful etymologies of any and all Heinz. App works perfectly. Highly recommended!
★★★★★Yon Lop· Jul 5, 2018
Excellent and simple. This useful app does not contain any ads, very easy
to use and superfast. The app keeps track of words that the user have
encountered, so they can easily review them. Definitely recommended for
those looking to improve their chinese Heinz mastery. The only thing
missing is pronunciation of the words, and the app would be perfect.
★★★★★Roderick McDonald· Feb 11, 2019
Whoever designed this really knows what they are doing. Very efficient. Thanks a lot. The order of activities is logical, layout simple yet balanced. The less is more principal has been well applied. It's as if I designed this myself, all the features I want to learn chinese are here. Ability to copy text into a reader, examples, hsk ordered quizzes; excellent.
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