Kanji Lookup Documentation This describes a bit about the
particulars of Jeffrey's Kanji There are two basic ways to find
a kanji, via some reference (its encoding, or perhaps its index
number in one of various dictionaries), or by describing some
aspect of the character. The following references are supported:
- Halpern index - The index number of the character in Jack
Halpern's New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Kenkyusha,
Tokyo 1990; NTC, Chicago 1993). Data kindly contributed by Mr.
Halpern. - Halpern index - Learners - The index number of the
character in Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha, Tokyo 1999). -
S&H Kanji index - The index key into Mark Spahn and Wolfgang
Hadamitzky's Japanese Character Dictionary - With Compound
Lookup via Any Kanji. An example key might be `` 3k11.2'', which
looks familiar if you know the dictionary. The current coverage
is not complete. However, The authors have submitted the full
list of codes, which will be incorporated - S&H Kana & Kanji
index - Index number into