This site utilizes various open-source resources, databases, and references. We gratefully acknowledge the following sources for making their data and tools available.
Dictionary Sources
The kanji meanings on this site are compiled from the following authoritative dictionary sources.
KANJIDIC2
KANJIDIC2 is a comprehensive kanji database maintained by the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG) at Monash University, Australia. It contains information about over 13,000 kanji characters including readings, meanings, and various classification codes.
- Maintainer: Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG)
- Website: EDRDG KANJIDIC Project
- License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Unicode Han Database (Unihan)
The Unihan Database is maintained by the Unicode Consortium and provides comprehensive information about CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs. It includes readings, meanings, and variant information for tens of thousands of characters.
- Maintainer: Unicode Consortium
- Website: Unicode Unihan Database
- License: Unicode Terms of Use
CC-CEDICT
CC-CEDICT is a community-maintained Chinese-English dictionary that provides definitions for Chinese characters and words. Originally based on the CEDICT project, it is now hosted and maintained by MDBG.
- Maintainer: MDBG / Community Contributors
- Website: CC-CEDICT
- License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
Make Me a Hanzi
Make Me a Hanzi is an open-source project that provides free Chinese character data including stroke order, decomposition, and definitions. The project aims to make Chinese character learning resources freely available.
- Maintainer: Shaunak Kishore / Open Source Contributors
- Website: GitHub - Make Me a Hanzi
- License: Multiple licenses apply (dictionary.txt derived from Unihan/CJKlib; graphics derived from Arphic fonts). See COPYING for details.
Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn / Student's Dictionary (XSZD / 學生字典)
A Chinese character dictionary designed for learners, providing clear and accessible definitions suitable for students of the Chinese language. The text data is available as part of the CJKVI-Dict project.
- Type: Educational Reference
- Source: GitHub - CJKVI-Dict (xszd.txt)
- License: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)
Data Sources
Character data, stroke order information, and other structural data used on this site.
KanjiVG
KanjiVG provides SVG vector graphics for kanji characters with stroke order information. Each character is represented as a series of paths that can be animated to show the correct stroke order.
- Maintainer: Ulrich Apel
- Website: KanjiVG
- License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
Libraries & Tools
Open-source libraries and tools used in building this site.
WordPress
This site is built on WordPress, the world's most popular content management system.
- Website: WordPress.org
- License: GNU General Public License v2
Other References
Additional references and resources consulted in creating this site.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary is a free, multilingual dictionary maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation. Japanese Wiktionary provides detailed information about kanji readings and usage.
- Maintainer: Wikimedia Foundation / Community Contributors
- Website: Japanese Wiktionary
- License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 / GNU Free Documentation License (dual-licensed)
