Chinese Characters 汉字
Read and write characters
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About Chinese Characters 汉字
- Writing instructions for nearly 3000 Chinese characters
- Covers all and more characters than required in the official Chinese Proficiency Examinations (HSK levels 1 to 6), and required in AP Chinese exams administered by the U.S. College Board.
- Free Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Chinese text for easy translation, which is also free.
- Free download of English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionaries for quick lookup
- Links to the Chinese edition of renowned news sites such as New York Times, BBC and Reuters, with free Pinyin annotation to assist you read new words.
- Covers all and more characters than required in the official Chinese Proficiency Examinations (HSK levels 1 to 6), and required in AP Chinese exams administered by the U.S. College Board.
- Free Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Chinese text for easy translation, which is also free.
- Free download of English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionaries for quick lookup
- Links to the Chinese edition of renowned news sites such as New York Times, BBC and Reuters, with free Pinyin annotation to assist you read new words.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.0
Last updated on Feb 2, 2024
Old Versions
- Added traditional character writing for HSK levels 1 and 2. More traditional character writing will be included in upcoming releases.
- Fixed character pronouncing bug encountered since iOS 16.
- Fixed character pronouncing bug encountered since iOS 16.
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Version History
3.0
Feb 2, 2024
- Added traditional character writing for HSK levels 1 and 2. More traditional character writing will be included in upcoming releases.
- Fixed character pronouncing bug encountered since iOS 16.
- Fixed character pronouncing bug encountered since iOS 16.
2.2.7
Mar 14, 2021
More supplemental character information.
2.2.6
Feb 28, 2021
More supplemental character information.
2.2.5
Feb 10, 2021
- More character supplemental information
2.2.4
Feb 7, 2021
- Bug fixes
- More character supplemental information
- More character supplemental information
2.2.3
Feb 7, 2021
- Bug fixes
- More character supplemental information
- More character supplemental information
2.2.2
Feb 5, 2021
- Bug fixes
- More supplemental character information
- More supplemental character information
2.2.1
Feb 1, 2021
- Minor bug fix.
2.2
Jan 19, 2021
- Bug fixes in search interface and the pronunciations of some words
- More character and word information
- More character and word information
2.1
Jan 10, 2021
- Introducing swipe-navigation to the next or previous characters of the same group in character details view;
- Multi-character search in character list view.
- Multi-character search in character list view.
2.0.1
Jan 5, 2021
- Improved experience in character and words detail views
- bug fixes
- bug fixes
2.0
Jan 3, 2021
- the app got is all new icon!
- Improved the characters details view to include more information about the character than just containing it.
- Improved the characters details view to include more information about the character than just containing it.
1.9
Dec 14, 2020
- Now users can add Chinese texts by editing and pasting besides camera or image scanning
- User entered/scanned texts can be viewed with Pinyin annotations and read out by the app. A web based translation is also included for users convenience.
- User entered/scanned texts can be viewed with Pinyin annotations and read out by the app. A web based translation is also included for users convenience.
1.8
Dec 11, 2020
- Improvement on Chinese character recognition with the added image rectangle adjustment tool.
- Introduces Scanned Text List so one can keep more than one copy of the scanned text
- Provides translation for the the scanned or manually entered Chinese text
- Introduces Scanned Text List so one can keep more than one copy of the scanned text
- Provides translation for the the scanned or manually entered Chinese text
1.7
Dec 1, 2020
- Improvement on text snapping UI
- Adding image picker from Photos for text snapping
- Adding image picker from Photos for text snapping
1.6
Jun 16, 2020
- Added support for dark mode
- Minor improvements
- Minor improvements
1.5.0
Jun 12, 2019
- Added paste board. Users can now copy and paste into the app and get the pinyin annotations and word meanings for any Chinese text.
1.4.0
Jun 9, 2019
- Added web page analyzer for Chinese text
- Fixed the camera frame rotation on iPad
- Fixed the camera frame rotation on iPad
1.3.0
May 20, 2019
- Added OCR to recognize Chinese text and automatically annotate it with pinyin
- Added Analyze functionality to analyze the words of the OCR'ed text
- Bundled the full Chinese-English dictionary with the app
- Modified the in-app purchase to provide English-Chinese dictionary download only
- Added Analyze functionality to analyze the words of the OCR'ed text
- Bundled the full Chinese-English dictionary with the app
- Modified the in-app purchase to provide English-Chinese dictionary download only
1.2.0
Feb 10, 2019
- Allows deletion of recorded character writings in My Work
1.1.1
Jan 31, 2019
- Corrected the pronunciation of some characters when tap them open from character list
1.1.0
Jan 24, 2019
- added Select and Print capability for users to practice writing characters on paper
1.0.1
Jan 9, 2019
- Added in app purchase of Advanced Characters, which can be accessed through the Character List or the Settings view
- Added free download of English/Chinese dictionaries, which can be accessed through the Settings view
- Added free download of English/Chinese dictionaries, which can be accessed through the Settings view
1.0
Jan 8, 2019
Chinese Characters 汉字 FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Chinese Characters 汉字.
iPhone
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
Chinese Characters 汉字 supports English
Chinese Characters 汉字 contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Advanced Chinese Characters
$12.99
English-Chinese Dictionary
$0.00
MDBG Dictionary
$0.00
