Chinese Handwriting Recog

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4.1
12.4K reviews
5M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

✍️ Instantly Search Chinese Characters by Handwriting
Handwritten Kanji Recognition Dictionary is a convenient app that lets you write kanji directly on your screen and instantly look them up in your preferred online dictionary.

Perfect for anyone who finds typing kanji on mobile devices difficult or time-consuming.

🔍 Key Features
✔ High-accuracy handwriting recognition
Even complex characters with many strokes are recognized accurately when handwritten on the screen, thanks to a high-performance recognition engine.

✔ Customizable dictionary site
You can choose which dictionary website to use when viewing results, allowing you to search using the source you're most comfortable with.

✔ Search history saved
Previously searched kanji are saved, making it easy to review or revisit characters you've looked up before.

✔ Fast and lightweight
The app is simple, efficient, and easy to use, focusing only on essential features.

✔ Completely free
All features are available for free — ideal for learners, professionals, or anyone with a curiosity for kanji.

🌐 Internet connection required
To provide accurate recognition, the app requires an internet connection during handwriting input. Please ensure you are connected via Wi-Fi or mobile data.

📩 Request a dictionary site
Don’t see your favorite dictionary? Feel free to suggest one! We’ll do our best to add it.

Email: devchoe@gmail.com
Updated on
Jul 4, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Device or other IDs
No data collected
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Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1
11.6K reviews
Holly White
February 3, 2024
I'd give this zero stars. The app used to be great. I could draw a Chinese character, search, and it gave the English meaning of the Chinese character, show the pinyin, and give examples. None of that happens now. I draw a Chinese character, click search, and it goes to an English-Chinese dictionary page that has nothing to do with the character I searched. It only works if you're going from English to Chinese. Not for Chinese character recognition. I'm deleting the app.
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piano0011 Lee
August 21, 2020
This is not a bad app but it would be better if you could do a similar thing but using the chinese worksheet for us to practice writing any characters we like from left to right. I would like to show you the template if possible. I think most of us would value this as it would help us to save printing these worksheets. Thanks
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A Google user
January 2, 2019
hey i love using this app as new learner . first let me tell you about this app lovely functions. hand writing option for chinese stroke, characters. even it gives you words to choose at bottom which one you trying to type. it has very helpful function which shows chinese strokes drawing in order . it has pinyin and english translation . please ,please add english sentences translation too . Currently app only translate words from chinese to English not sentences . thank you . rated 5 stars ...
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What’s new

v1.5.10
- Updated the list of dictionary sites due to the discontinuation of the Goo Dictionary service.

v1.5.9
- Some devices error fixed

v1.5.8
- LINE Chinese/English Dictionary url error fixed

v1.5.7
- Some devices recognition error fixed

v1.5.5
- Webview performance improved

v1.5.4
- App stability improved

v1.5.3
- Dark theme settings added
- Minor bug fix

v1.5.0
- Dark theme applied
- Settings screen improved
- Some devices error fixed
- Point color changed

App support

About the developer
데브최
devchoe@gmail.com
성북구 아리랑로 75, 103동 1305호 (돈암동, 돈암코오롱하늘채) 성북구, 서울특별시 02826 South Korea
+82 10-9292-6777