Hanzi Explorer is a Progressive Web Application (PWA) that allows users to explore the senses, components, and common words of Hanzi characters. It also provides information on the senses, near synonyms, Mandarin equivalents, and example sentences of words entered in either Mandarin or English.
- Enter a Hanzi character and get information on its senses, components, and common words.
- Enter a Mandarin or English word and get information on its senses, near synonyms, Mandarin equivalents, and example sentences.
- View how common the word is and any characters or words it may be easily confused with.
- Generate mnemonics to help with Hanzi character learning.
- PWA that is mobile-friendly and can be saved to your home page.
Hanzi Explorer relies on a companion project, the Hanzi API Server, to provide Hanzi character decomposition data. The server is based on simplified Hanzi characters and provides an API that is used by Hanzi Explorer to generate character information.
To use Hanzi Explorer, simply navigate to the website and enter a Hanzi character, Mandarin or English word. The website will display relevant information on the character or word entered.
If you would like to contribute to Hanzi Explorer, feel free to submit a pull request or create an issue in the GitHub repository.
The information provided by Hanzi Explorer is generated using ChatGPT and may contain confabulations. The project was created to help with Hanzi character learning and is not intended for use in professional or academic settings.
The public-domain character decomposition data is here.
The project uses the Chakra UI framework. It is built with TypeScript and Vite.
MidJourney generated the header image.
Hanzi Explorer is released for non-commercial use under the GNU Affero General Public License - see the LICENSE file for details.