About SmartHanzi
SmartHanzi is a free yet professional grade app for students and anyone wishing to read real Chinese texts (web, PDF), even with a limited level in Chinese. It includes general Chinese dictionaries for English, French and...
SmartHanzi is a free yet professional grade app for students and anyone wishing to read real Chinese texts (web, PDF), even with a limited level in Chinese.
It includes general Chinese dictionaries for English, French and German as well as the short definitions for DDB (Digital Dictionary of Buddhism) and CJKV-E (Dictionary of Confucian, Daoist and Intellectual Historical Terms).
PARSE AND LOOKUP
SmartHanzi provides immediate access to unknown words.
Although it is not a learning tool, it shows links to related words (also in, contained) and character details: stroke order, character series (Kangxi, etymology). With this perspective beyond immediate usage, one gets naturally familiar with words and characters.
Besides recognizing the correspondence between simplified and traditional variants, SmartHanzi also recognizes multiple traditional variants. For instance, searching 真 (or finding 真 in a text) will show both 真 and 眞, according to what is present in selected dictionaries. Or it will recognize equally well 為 / 爲 or 眾 / 衆.
TESTS
SmartHanzi includes tests based on HSK levels as a way to check one’s progress. Progress is shown on 12 months. Tests are short and errors reviewed first. One can choose longer tests, or to review unsure words or check supposedly known words.
ETYMOLOGY
Etymology is not only for scholars or experts. Along centuries, Chinese writing has developed a number of reference points, reasonable or simply traditional, well known by most Chinese: "Se non è vero, è ben trovato".
Trying to “learn” Chinese writing without leveraging this invaluable assistance would be an unreasonable challenge. Etymological indications and character series emphasize these reference points.
DICTIONARIES
As a free application, SmartHanzi offers a smaller choice than major commercial applications, but remains globally best in class for the intended usage.
USER INTERFACE
Lookup is easily customizable to just show preferred details and keep presentation clear.
On tablets, landscape mode (horizontal) can be used either in full screen (split window like on laptop) or multiple applications: the original reader on one side with SmartHanzi on the other side.
MAC VERSION
SmartHanzi is also on Mac App Store.
Sep 30, 2023
Version 2023.10
- Text to speech: user can select Chinese voice (standard, Cantonese, etc.)
- Tested for iOS 17.
- Couvreur demo: additional characters.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of SmartHanzi since it was posted on our website on 2016-11-05 03:18:50.
The latest version is 2023.10 and it was updated on 2024-04-19 20:43:00. See below the changes in each version.
SmartHanzi version 2023.10
Updated At: 2023-09-30
Changes: Sep 30, 2023
Version 2023.10
- Text to speech: user can select Chinese voice (standard, Cantonese, etc.)
See Settings > Accessibility > Spoken content > Voices > Chinese for available voices, then fast switch Chinese voice inside the app.
- Tested for iOS 17.
- Couvreur demo: additional characters.
SmartHanzi version 2023.08
Updated At: 2023-08-08
Changes: Aug 8, 2023
Version 2023.08
- Couvreur demo: additional views (recent / rare / by Kangxi radical).
- User can select Chinese font.
SmartHanzi version 2023.06
Updated At: 2023-06-11
Changes: Jun 11, 2023
Version 2023.06
- Couvreur dictionary (demo): direct access to characters with multiple examples.
- Lookup presentation clarified in case of multiple dictionaries.
SmartHanzi version 2023
Updated At: 2023-01-08
Changes: Jan 8, 2023
Version 2023
- Added: character series (Kangxi, etymology) with a focus on immediate access to all series available for the current character.
- Bug fixes.
- Dictionaries updated.
SmartHanzi version 2022.07.02
Updated At: 2022-07-24
Changes: Jul 24, 2022 Version 2022.07.02
(2022.07)
- Additional details in lookup.
- User interface more fluid.
- Various bug fixes.
(2022.07.01 fixes recent app crash)
(2022.07.02) Stroke order for 9500+ characters.
SmartHanzi version 2022.01
Updated At: 2022-01-21
Changes: Jan 21, 2022 Version 2022.01
- Shows multiple dictionaries concurrently.
- New dictionaries: DDB (Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, short definitions) and CJKV-E (Confucian, Daoist and Intellectual Historical Terms, short definitions).
SmartHanzi version 2021.02
Updated At: 2021-02-21
Changes: Feb 21, 2021 Version 2021.02
Dictionaries updated
SmartHanzi version 2020.06.01
Updated At: 2020-08-20
Changes: Aug 20, 2020 Version 2020.06.01
Bug fixed: crashed on lookup for simplified words.
SmartHanzi version 2020.06
Updated At: 2020-06-02
Changes: Jun 2, 2020 Version 2020.06
Besides recognizing the correspondence between simplified and traditional variants, this version also recognizes equivalent traditional variants. For instance, searching 真 (or parsing a text with 真) will show both 真 and 眞, according to what is present in selected dictionaries. Or it will recognize equally well 為/爲 or 眾/衆.
SmartHanzi version 2020.01.01
Updated At: 2020-01-23
Changes: Jan 23, 2020 Version 2020.01.01
(v2020.01)
- Best for iOS 13 dark mode.
- Dictionaries updated.
- Correction: HanDeDict (German dictionary) shows definitions correctly.
- This version also fixes a potential copy/paste issue which might prevent the application from working under certain circumstances.
(v2020.01.01)
- Correction: some switches for traditional/simplified did not show correctly.
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