kanji

Kanji

Get kanji characters in an array based on categorization.

Usage

const kanji = require('kanji');

// Kanji Kentei
console.log(kanji.kanken.lv10);
console.log(kanji.kanken.lv09);
console.log(kanji.kanken.lv08);
console.log(kanji.kanken.lv07);
console.log(kanji.kanken.lv06);
console.log(kanji.kanken.lv05);
console.log(kanji.kanken.lv04);
console.log(kanji.kanken.lv03);
console.log(kanji.kanken.lv02pre);
console.log(kanji.kanken.lv02);
console.log(kanji.kanken.lv01pre);
console.log(kanji.kanken.lv01);

// Old JLPT
console.log(kanji.jlpt.old4);
console.log(kanji.jlpt.old3);
console.log(kanji.jlpt.old2);
console.log(kanji.jlpt.old1);

// New JLPT
console.log(kanji.jlpt.n5);
console.log(kanji.jlpt.n4);
console.log(kanji.jlpt.n3);
console.log(kanji.jlpt.n2);
console.log(kanji.jlpt.n1);

// Kyouiku Kanji
console.log(kanji.grade.g01);
console.log(kanji.grade.g02);
console.log(kanji.grade.g03);
console.log(kanji.grade.g04);
console.log(kanji.grade.g05);
console.log(kanji.grade.g06);
console.log(kanji.grade.g08); // Remaining of Joyo Kanji
console.log(kanji.grade.g09); // Jinmeiyo Kanji
console.log(kanji.grade.g10); // Variant of Joyo Kanji

// Frequency 1-2501 Kanji taken from KANJIDIC
// The frequency list is made by Alexandre Girardi
console.log(kanji.freq);

// 13,108 kanji from KANJIDIC (JIS X 0208-1998, JIS X 0212-1990, JIS X 0213-2012)
console.log(kanji.all);

The kanji characters in the frequency list array are ordered from most popular to least popular. The rest of arrays are not ordered.

Development

Branch	Status
master
develop

npm install
npm run download-source
npm run extract-kanjivg-tree

Testing

npm test

References

The items are collected from following sources.

• JLPT Study by Peter van der Woude https://jlptstudy.net
• Jonathan Waller JLPT Kanji List http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/
• KANJIDIC Project http://www.edrdg.org/wiki/index.php/KANJIDIC_Project
• Kanshudo Kanji Collections https://www.kanshudo.com/collections
• nihongo-pro.com https://nihongo-pro.com/
• 日本漢字能力検定級別漢字表 https://www.kanken.or.jp/kanken/outline/degree.html
• 漢字辞典 https://kanjijoho.com
• 辞典オンライン https://jitenon.jp
• KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel https://github.com/KanjiVG/kanjivg

Authors

• Ezzat Chamudi - ezhmd

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

Kanji code is licensed under MPL-2.0. Images, logos, docs, and articles in this Kanji project are released under CC-BY-4.0.

Libraries, dependencies, and tools used in this project are tied with their own licenses respectively.