kanjidraw 0.2.0

handwritten kanji recognition

kanjidraw - handwritten kanji recognition

kanjidraw is a simple Python library + GUI for matching (the strokes of a) handwritten kanji against its database.

You can use the GUI to draw and subsequently select a kanji from the list of probable matches, which will then be copied to the clipboard.

The database is based on KanjiVG and the algorithms are based on the Kanji draw Android app.

Library

For a JavaScript frontend example, see e.g. jiten's kanjidraw.js.

Requirements

• Python >= 3.5 (w/ Tk support for the GUI).

Debian/Ubuntu

$ apt install python3-tk

Installing

Using pip

$ pip install kanjidraw

NB: depending on your system you may need to use e.g. pip3 --user instead of just pip.

From git

NB: this installs the latest development version, not the latest release.

$ git clone https://github.com/obfusk/kanjidraw.git
$ cd kanjidraw
$ pip install -e .

NB: you may need to add e.g. ~/.local/bin to your $PATH in order to run kanjidraw.

To update to the latest development version:

$ cd kanjidraw
$ git pull --rebase

License

Code

© Felix C. Stegerman

KanjiVG (stroke data)

© Ulrich Apel