Kanjidex

Kanjidex

A simple extension for looking up kanji characters.

What is Kanjidex?
Kanjidex is a convenient tool for learning Japanese kanji. With a database of over 2,000 characters and features to help memorize and understand them, it's a valuable resource. Ability to search kanji by highlighting, looking up translations and examples, and save words for later reviews are some of essential features. It also allows vocabulary organization and exporting saved items to Anki.
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Stats
Users: 4,000+
Rating: 5.00 (13)
Version: 3.4 (Last updated: 2022-04-27)
Creation date: 2019-08-30
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • *://*.jisho.org/*
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • storage
  • notifications
Size: 10.32M
URLs: Website
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Summary

Kanjidex makes it easier to memorize Japanese kanji characters. The database has over 2,000 kanji characters, so it's perfect for beginners starting out with the study of the Japanese language, although Japanese learners of any level are welcome to use Kanjidex.

It's rather simple to use it, simply highlight the kanji character on a web page and you will get all the details related to it, the meaning, the radical, and the examples of which most come with an audio file.

Now you can also search for words using kanji, hiragana, katakana or the combination of those, to give you more context about an individual kanji character.

Kanjidex allows for the following:

  • search kanji by highlighting the kanji on a web page
  • highlight multiple kanji characters on the web page (you can select non kanji characters, Kanjidex will search only for kanji characters)
  • search kanji in the search field input
  • find kanji by writing the English word in the search field
  • quick-search with the right click of your mouse button, and you will get quick info about the highlighted kanji
  • you can quick search a single or even multiple kanji characters
  • save kanji to your kanji vocabulary for later review
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User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Convenient for looking up kanji
  • Useful features for studying Chinese characters
  • Well made and aesthetically pleasing
  • Consistently being improved by the author
Cons
  • Lacks feature to search for kanji by drawing
  • Requires manually selecting word search option from the menu
  • Design issue with koi animation
Most mentioned
  • Usefulness for looking up and studying kanji
  • Aesthetic design
  • Specific issues or lacking features
Recent reviews
I've been using it for 1.5 years now and this extension is amazingly convenient. The only thing is it would be cool to have the option to search for words by default, because I have to choose it from the menu every time
by Paul Bonnevie Paul Bonnevie, 2021-07-07

The extension is very well made and looks really cute. The only thing I'm missing is a feature to maybe search for kanjis by drawing in case u cant copy/paste them. Otherwise 10/10! :)
by JoNeKoYo JoNeKoYo, 2021-02-23

This is so good. Even though my English is not good enough, it is very useful because I can easily search for the order of writing Chinese characters.
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Safety
Risk impact

Kanjidex may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Kanjidex has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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