char-converter 0.37

A library to convert variant Chinese characters to standard simplified or traditional characters.

Chinese Character Variant Converter,

an open-source library for converting Chinese character variants to standard simplified or traditional characters.

*If you're curious about our name and logo: 'CHAR' comes from 'Chinese character variant' and also refers to a type of beautiful fish with a gradient of red color (Arctic Char).

Install

pip install char-converter

Usage

Convert text

1. Mode: one2one

from char_converter import CharConverter

text = '苟馀情其訫姱㠯练要兮，镸顑頷亦何伤。'

converter = CharConverter('v2t')
converted_text = converter.convert(text)
# 苟餘情其信姱以練要兮，長顑頷亦何傷。

converter = CharConverter('v2s')
converted_text = converter.convert(text)
# 苟余情其信姱以练要兮，长顑颔亦何伤。

2. Mode: one2many

from char_converter import CharConverter

text = '鈡𩄇毓秀'

converter = CharConverter('v2t')
converter.set_mode('one2many')
converted_text = converter.convert(text)
# 【鍾|鐘】靈毓秀

Convert file

from char_converter import CharConverter

converter = CharConverter('v2s')
converter.convert_file(input_file, output_file)

Data source

CBDB Project

OpenCC

Dictionary of Variant Chinese Characters

General Standard Chinese Characters Table

Data filtering

Contributors

Yuqi Chen (data collection and programming)

Hongsu Wang (project manager)

Yiyi Wang (proofreading), Fengyi Ji (data collection)