Kitajiro: A User-Participatory Chinese-Japanese Dictionary
Kitajiro, the Chinese-Japanese dictionary with over 300,000 words, is constantly being expanded by its editors. Its content includes not only general Chinese vocabulary but also a wide variety of technical terms, new words, and internet slang.
This app allows you to freely explore Kitajiro's content with a variety of search options, including "Chinese Prefix Search," "Japanese Full-Text Search," "Pinyin Search," "Chinese Exact Unique Search," "Chinese Full-Text Search," "Chinese Suffix Search," "Radical Stroke Count Search," and "Handwritten Search."
When you come across a word you don't know and wonder what it means, be sure to look it up in Kitajiro!
Starting with version 1.0.6, we've added features like "Broadcasting Station," which lets you listen to Chinese radio, and "Today's Hot News," which lets you check the headlines of trending news. Please use it as a tool to engage with Chinese in your spare time.
---------------------------------------------------
◎Usage Information
※Blue text displayed on the details screen indicates an external link. Tapping will launch a browser and display an external site. Green text is an internal link. Tapping will perform an exact match search for that word and display the results.
* For radical stroke count searches, specify the radical and the number of strokes outside the radical. The number of strokes is optional, but you must select the radical.
* Even if the Japanese full-text search option is not selected, a Japanese search will be performed if the search term contains hiragana or katakana.
* When the Chinese prefix search option is selected and you search for a word consisting only of alphanumeric characters, a pinyin search may be performed.