Re: [edict-jmdict] Kanji Lookup-by-Multi-Radical

["Jeroen Hoek" <mail@*************>]

I wouldn't narrow it down to AJAX even. We are (finally!) coming to a
moment in time where web browsers act somewhat reliably with regards to
their featureset (Javascript, (X)HTML support, CSS). For
webdesigners/programmers, this means we can finally build interactive
websites without having to worry about the overhead of getting your
implementation to work in all browsers. Once Internet Explorer 6 is no
longer a concern (which should be in a year or two) we can expect a sharp
rise in interesting interface concepts in websites.

For dictionary-like resources, this opens up a whole new vennue of
possibilities. :)

I tried jlex just now, but I couldn't get it to select the "surrounding
radical" (I can't input it on this computer, but it is the large square
shape). It kept selecting the mouth radical regardless. Unfortunatly, I am
stuck on computers with Internet Explorer 6, as I am in Seoul right now,
so don't put any value in my judgement. They have an extreme Windows XP
monoculture here, and EVERY computer I've seen accepts any and all ActiveX
component it is offered through websites.

Are you familiar with the CHISE project? Their database of kanji contains
composition data as well. I believe it is currently the best candidate for
a future free character dictionary interface.

http://mousai.kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ids-find

and

http://kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/projects/chise/index.html.en

Kind regards,

Jeroen

> Just received a notice of license compliance for the Stroke Order
> Diagrams from Dana Contreras.  His site is still in beta format, but
> I believe he is now the 3rd website world-wide to attempt Kanji
> Lookup-by-Multi-Radical, and he's put a very ingenious spin on it
> worthy of study:
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> http://www.jlex.org
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> As you select radicals, it brings up kanji containing the radical,
> and then eliminates all radicals which are not in that set.   You can
> then keep selecting radicals, and narrowing down the set of kanji in
> a very AJAX manner.
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> AJAX is going to change much of how we do things.
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