# Kanji Meaning

> Allows you to quickly see the meaning and reading of kanji.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/kanji-meaning](https://chrome-stats.com/d/kanji-meaning)

## Overview

- **ID:** `kanji-meaning`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Inversium
- **Category:** search-tools,language-support
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2021-09-03
- **First published:** 2021-08-27
- **Size:** 12 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/kanji-meaning/)

## Description

Kanji Meaning is a Firefox add-on that enables users to easily view the meaning and reading of kanji by selecting the kanji and clicking 'Kanji Definition' in the context menu. It provides the kanji itself, meaning in English, on and Kun readings, and a link to Jisho.org for more information. The extension utilizes https://kanjiapi.dev/ to retrieve kanji information.

## Rankings

- #65,009 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `activeTab`
- `webRequest`
- `https://kanjiapi.dev/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/kanji-meaning)