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Library for CJK (chinese, japanese, korean) language data.

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cihai - Python library for CJK (chinese, japanese, korean) data

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Usage

API / Library (this repository)

$ pip install --user cihai
from cihai.core import Cihai

c = Cihai()

if not c.unihan.is_bootstrapped:  # download and install Unihan to db
    c.unihan.bootstrap(unihan_options)

query = c.unihan.lookup_char('好')
glyph = query.first()
print("lookup for 好: %s" % glyph.kDefinition)
# lookup for 好: good, excellent, fine; well

query = c.unihan.reverse_char('good')
print('matches for "good": %s ' % ', '.join([glph.char for glph in query]))
# matches for "good": 㑘, 㑤, 㓛, 㘬, 㙉, 㚃, 㚒, 㚥, 㛦, 㜴, 㜺, 㝖, 㤛, 㦝, ...

See API documentation and /examples.

CLI (cihai-cli)

# stable
$ pip install --user cihai-cli

# pre-release
$ pip install --user --pre cihai[cli]
# character lookup
$ cihai info 
char: 
kCantonese: hou2 hou3
kDefinition: good, excellent, fine; well
kHangul: 
kJapaneseOn: KOU
kKorean: HO
kMandarin: hǎo
kTang: '*xɑ̀u *xɑ̌u'
kTotalStrokes: '6'
kVietnamese: háo
ucn: U+597D

# reverse lookup
$ cihai reverse library
char: 
kCangjie: WLGA
kCantonese: syu1
kCihaiT: '308.302'
kDefinition: library
kMandarin: 
kTotalStrokes: '13'
ucn: U+5715
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UNIHAN data

All datasets that cihai uses have stand-alone tools to export their data. No library required.

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