Hanzi Recognizer
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Hanzi recognition
High-accuracy handwriting recognition. Automatically updates candidates on each stroke for immediate feedback.
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Character details
Covers more than 70,000 characters. Displays reading, radical, character decomposition, English translations and more.
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Favorites & history
Displayed hanzi are automatically saved to history. Star any character to add it to favorites. Export as CSV or an Anki deck. (premium)
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Compounds search
Quickly find compounds staring with or including the current character. Display compound details.(premium)
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Direct search
Find characters or compounds by reading (Pinyin) or English meaning. (premium)
Other features
- Supports both simplified and traditional Chinese
- Tablet support
- Audio pronunciation for hanzi and compounds (uses the eSpeak text-to-speech engine)
- Adjustable candidates font size
- Adjustable drawing pen size and color
- Shake to delete stroke/clear all
- Works offline (Internet connections is only required to download resources on first run)
- Stroke annotation
- Undo (removes last stroke)
- Radical display
- Character decomposition into components
- Display character component details
- Copy and append to clipboard
- Share entry as text to other apps
How to get it
- Download from the Google Play Store.
- Upgrade directly from within the app to enable all premium features.
- To install on a device without Play Store, or if the app is not available in your country, use the direct download.
Requirements
- Android 12
- Internet connection for the initial resource download
- About 120MB (140MB for traditional Chinese) on the SD card (external storage) for full install
- Text-to-speech engine (TTS): optional, for audio pronunciation.