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WWWJDIC for Android

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Front end for online Japanese dictionary service Jim Breen's WWWJDIC hosted by Monash University. Search kanji by radicals. Pronunciation by text to speech. Includes sample sentences. User handwriting recognition via Kanji Recognizer (separate, non-free app).

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  • FreeOpen Source

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  • JP flagJapan

Platforms

  • Android
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  • kanji
  • japanese

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  • Developed by

    JP flagNikolay Elenkov
  • Licensing

    Open Source (Apache-2.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Alternatives

    5 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Education & Reference

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  •  11 Stars
  •  2 Forks
  •  25 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 7, 2025 
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WWWJDIC for Android was added to AlternativeTo by sabatorara on Apr 3, 2020 and this page was last updated Apr 6, 2020.

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sabatorara
Apr 4, 2020
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This is just a front end for a dictionary web site. To be able to use this app you have to be online. There is no offline dictionary to download. There are regular search, exact search, and romaji search. Unless enabled first by ticking the option, searching by romanized Japanese produces unpredictable results.

User interface different from usual offline dictionary app, and needs some time to get used to.

At the time of this writing (April.2020), ver. 2.4.2 has not been updated since June 2018. However, the online dictionary data should be regularly updated.

This app is probably much more useful to advanced Japanese learners who frequently stumble upon "probably know the meaning of this compound kanji", but do not know exactly how to read it. Offline free dictionary apps such as Sumatora or Nani? should be good enough for casual or occasional users.

Handwriting recognition needs separate paid app (Kanji Recognizer). This can be considered as a cheap one-time investment, because the recognition is pretty accurate.

What is WWWJDIC for Android?

Front end for online Japanese dictionary service Jim Breen's WWWJDIC hosted by Monash University. Search kanji by radicals. Pronunciation by text to speech. Includes sample sentences. User handwriting recognition via Kanji Recognizer (separate, non-free app).

Donation version (WWWJDIC for Android Donate) has the same features as the free version.