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NAME
Lingua::JP::Kanjidic - Parse Jim Breen's kanji dictionary
SYNOPSIS
use Lingua::JP::Kanjidic;
system("wget http://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/nihongo/kanjidic.gz");
# Please see the license at
# http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/groups/edrdg/licence.html
system("gunzip kanjidic.gz");
my $x = Lingua::JP::Kanjidic->new();DESCRIPTION
This module parses the kanjidic file for information about individual Japanese kanji characters. It can be used as a random-access reader or as an iterator.
METHODS
new
Creates a new kanjidic reader; you must pass in the path to a kanjidic file, or it assumes the "kanjidic" file in the current directory.
reset
Resets the iterator to the beginning of file.
next
Returns the next line in the file as a Lingua::JP::Kanjidic::Kanji object (see below).
return_line($i)
Returns line $i in the file; does not affect the iterator. The line is returned as a Lingua::JP::Kanjidic::Kanji object.
lookup($kanji)
Looks up a particular kanji, returning the ::Kanji object. May be slow. The kanji should be specified as a Unicode character.
KANJI OBJECT METHODS
The following methods are available on ::Kanji objects.
kanji
The Unicode character itself.
jis
The JIS encoding, as a hex string.
unicode
The Unicode codepoint for the character, as a hex string.
nelson
The index in Nelson Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary.
radical_nelson
The radical number, as given in Nelson.
radical
The classical radical number.
grade
The school grade in which this kanji is learnt.
strokes
The number of strokes in the kanji
halpern
The index in Halpern New Japanese-English Character Dictionary.
frequency
The frequency index of this kanji's occurrence.
new_nelson
The index number in The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary.
henshall
The index number used in "A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters" by Kenneth G. Henshall.
gakken
The index number in the Gakken Kanji Dictionary ("A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage").
heiseg
The index number used in "Remembering The Kanji" by James Heisig.
oneill
The index number in "Japanese Names", by P.G. O'Neill.
morohashi
The index number in the 13-volume Morohashi Daikanwajiten.
tuttle
The index number in The Kanji Dictionary (Tuttle 1996).
skip
Jack Halpern's SKIP code. Note that separate copyrights apply to commercial utilization of this code.
morohashi_page
The volume and page number in the Morohashi Daikanwajiten.
four_corner
Wang Chen's four corner code.
korean / pinyin
An array reference of the Korean and Chinese readings of the kanji
meaning
An array reference of the English meanings of the kanji.
hiragana
Kun-yomi readings for the character, returned as an array reference of Unicode strings.
katakana
On-yomi readings for the character, returned as an array reference of Unicode strings.
joyo
A binary flag indicating whether or not the kanji is joyo.
SEE ALSO
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/kanjidic_doc.html
AUTHOR
Simon Cozens, <simon@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2004 by Simon Cozens