NAME

Data::Kanji::Kanjidic - parse the "kanjidic" kanji data file

SYNOPSIS

use Data::Kanji::Kanjidic;

FUNCTIONS

parse_kanjidic

my $kanjidic = parse_kanjidic ('kanjidic');

The input is the name of the file. The output is a hash reference. The keys of the hash reference are kanji, encoded as Unicode.

This function assumes that the kanjidic file is encoded using the EUC-JP encoding.

parse_entry

my %values = parse_entry ($line);

Parse one line of kanjidic.

The possible keys and values of the returned hash are

B

C

DB

DC

DF

DG

DH

DJ

DK

DM

DO

DR

DS

DT

E

F

G

H

I

IN

J

K

L

MN

MP

N

O

P

Q

S

T

U

V

W

X

XDR

XH

XI

XJ

XN

XO

Y

ZBP

ZPP

ZRP

ZSP

For detailed explanations of these codes, see "About Kanjidic".

SEE ALSO

Other Perl modules

Lingua::JP::Kanjidic

Parses old version of kanjidic.

Kanjidic

To download kanjidic, visit the Monash University Nihongo FTP server maintained by Professor Jim Breen at ftp://ftp.edrdg.org/pub/Nihongo/00INDEX.html.

The description of kanjidic is in ftp://ftp.edrdg.org/pub/Nihongo/kanjidic.html.

AUTHOR

Ben Bullock, <bkb@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENCE

This package and associated files are copyright (C) 2012 Ben Bullock.

You can use, copy, modify and redistribute this package and associated files under the Perl Artistic Licence or the GNU General Public Licence.