Similar looking kanji definitions file update

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Classified in : Programming, Mylife Tags : japanese, JWPce, update, homebrew
It's been a while I didn't received an email not related to Saturn from my homepage, so I was quite happy when siikamiika asked me if he could safely license similar kanjis definition file in MIT licence in his similar-kanji project


What is "similar kanjis definition file" ? It is a text file used in "My JWPce" which defines ... kanjis looking similar
The original idea about this is not from me : I initially found this feature in kanji.free.fr (Japanese → Omelette du fromage online kanji dictionary), and thought it would be cool if this feature could be available directly from my favorite Japanese electronic dictionary.
So I build this "similar kanjis definition file", and added support for it in "My JWPce".

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Example of in JWPce's kanji information
dialog : "似" looks like "以",
"代" and "伐"

If you're Japanese, or were learning Chinese characters from elementary school, this definition file is probably a complete nonsense for you, since you know how to enter the correct kanji from keyboard on first try.
But that's not the same done for foreigners who started to learn Japanese in their twenties, so that this feature helped me a lot when learning new kanjis :
 1. In JWPce, enter a kanji similar the new one you can't read
 2. Search for that new kanji in similar kanjis list
 3. ????
 4. Profit !

So of course, MIT licensing of this file is OK, and I was also glad to overwrite my old definition file with siikamiika's version, so that I could enjoy all new entries added in this version
Open source is love, open source is life, thank you siikamiika

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Same homepage, new provider

Written by cafealpha no comments
Classified in : PPCenter Tags : HomePage, Japanese, JWPce
Hi, this is just to inform you that I officially switched my homepage provider from free.fr to webou.net.
I started to move everything from last February, and kept under the wrap until now to prepare some contents in this (dev)blog.

Except this blog, everything should be same as in the previous homepage ... sorry for my lack of free time recently

However, if you like learning Japanese, please find my JWPce I use under windows.
It features unicode support (not from me) and kanji <-> French translation support (from me).

See you, and feel free to send me a comment

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