Fujiten vs Ridmik Dictionary
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Fujiten
Fujiten is an offline Japanese dictionary application made with the Flutter framework. Definition and kanji comes from the EDICT dictionary, compiled as a database from the edict_database project. Setup In order for fujiten to work, the Expression Database and the Kanji Database are needed. The databases can be downloaded and installed from fujiten via the "settings/databases" menu or by downloading the database manually from https://github.com/odrevet/edict_database. Top menu Bars Access the settings menu. The settings menu allows you to download the dictionaries, set brightness and read legal information. Insert Radicals <> Will match kanji composed with the selected radicals. Kanji character Ⓚ Will match any kanji. Kana character ㋐ Will match a hiragana/katakana character. Joker .* Any match. Convert In case your device is not equipped with a Japanese input keyboard, fujiten can convert Latin character (romaji) to hiragana or katakana. Lowercase romaji will be converted to hiragana, uppercase romaji will be converted to katakana. Kotoba / Kanji search When Kotoba is selected, fujiten will search for expression. When Kanji is selected, fujiten will search for kanji. Clear Clear the input field. Search Run the search. Tips • Search are performed with regular expression, quantifiers "{}" and meta-characters like "." and others can be used • Use search by radical < > when searching for an expression which you do not know a kanji but recognize some of its radicals example: ＜化＞ • When no results, add ".*" at the beginning or/and the end of your search
Ridmik Dictionary
Based on ankur.org's database. More info here.
| Feature | Fujiten | Ridmik Dictionary |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-2.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | NotesProductivityTranslator | NotesProductivityTranslator |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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