KanjiCam — Kanji Camera OCR

Point your camera at any kanji — get the reading, meaning, and example words instantly.

Signs, old documents, food names, people's names. Difficult kanji appear everywhere in everyday Japanese. KanjiCam turns your camera into an offline kanji dictionary, covering 13,108 characters and 174,146 words — no internet required.


[ Features ]

- Tap any character to look it up
Photograph text, then tap individual kanji to see readings, meanings, and compound words — all offline.

- 13,108 characters x 174,146 entries — fully offline
Powered by kanjidic2 and JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Works anywhere without a connection.

- On-device OCR with Apple Vision Framework
Text recognition happens entirely on your device, in Japanese (ja-JP, accurate mode).

- Pinch zoom 1.0x-6.0x and camera light
Read fine print and dimly lit documents with ease.

- History and favorites (SwiftData)
Review every kanji you've looked up, anytime.


[ Great for ]

- Unfamiliar kanji on signs, menus, or names
- Historical documents, old letters, classical texts
- Deepening your vocabulary and kanji knowledge
- Reading books without losing your pace


[ Privacy ]

- OCR runs entirely on-device — nothing is sent to a server
- Photos and recognized text stay on your device
- Dictionary data is bundled locally
- Internet is used only for in-app ads


[ About ads ]

This app displays ads. An in-app purchase is available to remove ads permanently.


[ Dictionary data ]

kanjidic2 and JMdict from EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0, used without modification).


[ Legal ]

Privacy Policy: https://hiroooo.github.io/kanji-cam/legal/privacy/
Terms of Use: https://hiroooo.github.io/kanji-cam/legal/terms/
Specified Commercial Transaction: https://hiroooo.github.io/kanji-cam/legal/tokusho/
EULA: https://hiroooo.github.io/kanji-cam/legal/eula/