kanjidic2-xml2json

Convert KANJIDIC2's format from XML to JSON

Installing dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Basically, there are only two dependencies: beautifulsoup4 and lxml, so if you'd rather install them using your package manager, then go for it.

Usage

python convert.py <input_filename> [output_filename]

If output_filename is not given, the program will set it to kanjidic2.json.

Example output

The actual output is not formatted.

[
  {
    "literal": "亜",
    "onyomi": [
      "ア"
    ],
    "kunyomi": [
      "つ.ぐ"
    ],
    "nanori": [
      "や",
      "つぎ",
      "つぐ"
    ],
    "meanings": [
      "Asia",
      "rank next",
      "come after",
      "-ous"
    ],
    "jlpt": 1,
    "grade": {
      "level": null,
      "secondary_school": true,
      "jinmeiyou": false
    }
  }
]

This corresponds to (formatted) KANJIDIC2's:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kanjidic2>
  <character>
    <literal>亜</literal>
    <codepoint>
      <cp_value cp_type="ucs">4e9c</cp_value>
      <cp_value cp_type="jis208">16-01</cp_value>
    </codepoint>
    <radical>
      <rad_value rad_type="classical">7</rad_value>
      <rad_value rad_type="nelson_c">1</rad_value>
    </radical>
    <misc>
      <grade>8</grade>
      <stroke_count>7</stroke_count>
      <variant var_type="jis208">48-19</variant>
      <freq>1509</freq>
      <jlpt>1</jlpt>
    </misc>
    <dic_number>
      <dic_ref dr_type="nelson_c">43</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="nelson_n">81</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="halpern_njecd">3540</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="halpern_kkd">4354</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="halpern_kkld">2204</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="halpern_kkld_2ed">2966</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="heisig">1809</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="heisig6">1950</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="gakken">1331</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="oneill_names">525</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="oneill_kk">1788</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="moro" m_vol="1" m_page="0525">272</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="henshall">997</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="sh_kk">1616</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="sh_kk2">1724</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="jf_cards">1032</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="tutt_cards">1092</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="kanji_in_context">1818</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="kodansha_compact">35</dic_ref>
      <dic_ref dr_type="maniette">1827</dic_ref>
    </dic_number>
    <query_code>
      <q_code qc_type="skip">4-7-1</q_code>
      <q_code qc_type="sh_desc">0a7.14</q_code>
      <q_code qc_type="four_corner">1010.6</q_code>
      <q_code qc_type="deroo">3273</q_code>
    </query_code>
    <reading_meaning>
      <rmgroup>
        <reading r_type="pinyin">ya4</reading>
        <reading r_type="korean_r">a</reading>
        <reading r_type="korean_h">아</reading>
        <reading r_type="vietnam">A</reading>
        <reading r_type="vietnam">Á</reading>
        <reading r_type="ja_on">ア</reading>
        <reading r_type="ja_kun">つ.ぐ</reading>
        <meaning>Asia</meaning>
        <meaning>rank next</meaning>
        <meaning>come after</meaning>
        <meaning>-ous</meaning>
        <meaning m_lang="fr">Asie</meaning>
        <meaning m_lang="fr">suivant</meaning>
        <meaning m_lang="fr">sub-</meaning>
        <meaning m_lang="fr">sous-</meaning>
        <meaning m_lang="es">pref. para indicar</meaning>
        <meaning m_lang="es">venir después de</meaning>
        <meaning m_lang="es">Asia</meaning>
        <meaning m_lang="pt">Ásia</meaning>
        <meaning m_lang="pt">próxima</meaning>
        <meaning m_lang="pt">o que vem depois</meaning>
        <meaning m_lang="pt">-ous</meaning>
      </rmgroup>
      <nanori>や</nanori>
      <nanori>つぎ</nanori>
      <nanori>つぐ</nanori>
    </reading_meaning>
  </character>
</kanjidic2>

Of course, the dictionary is much bigger than that, but this is just a tiny snippet from the whole.