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Is there an app for Chinese characters?

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Is there an app for Chinese characters?

Waygo, a mobile app that instantly translates Chinese characters into English just by hovering a smartphone camera over them, has been updated with a useful feature — it now teaches you how to read the Chinese characters by reflecting the pinyin, along with the English translation of the text.

What is the best app to learn Chinese characters?

Top Mobile Apps To Help You Learn Chinese Online For Free

  1. Lingbe (iOS/Android)
  2. Anki (iOS/PC)
  3. Duolingo (iOS/Android)
  4. Memrise (iOS/Android)
  5. Skritter (iOS/Android)
  6. Hello Chinese (iOS/Android)
  7. ChineseSkill (iOS/Android)

What is the best Chinese Dictionary app?

5 best Chinese to English dictionaries and phrasebooks for…

  • Dictionary Linguee.
  • Google Play Books.
  • Google Translate.
  • LINE Dictionary.
  • Pleco Chinese Dictionary.

How do I find a specific Chinese character?

Optical character recognition (OCR) – Many apps and websites provide OCR features where you can scan or take pictures of the character(s) you want to look up. Google Docs has such a feature and there are others online you can easily find by searching for “Chinese” and “OCR”.

What is Waygo?

Waygo is an award-winning app that translates food menus and signage. Simply point and translate with your smartphone—Waygo doesn’t require an internet connection, uses minimal disk space, and is available for iOS and Android. Waygo currently supports translation of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, with more to come.

Can Google read Chinese characters?

The Google Translate Android app has been gradually getting better and better. In addition to straight-up translations it also includes a conversation mode, handwriting recognition, voice dictation, and most recently character recognition, or OCR.

Is ChineseSkill app free?

However, if you’re a beginner looking for something fun, ChineseSkill is a good free app that will introduce you to the basics of Mandarin Chinese.

Which is the best online dictionary?

Best Online Dictionaries for Students

  1. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com is one of the best online dictionaries for English.
  2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
  3. Oxford English Dictionary.
  4. Google Dictionary.
  5. Collins Dictionary.
  6. Cambridge Online Dictionary.
  7. Urban Dictionary.
  8. Macmillan Online Dictionary.

How many Chinese characters are there?

How many characters are there? Altogether there are over 50,000 characters, though a comprehensive modern dictionary will rarely list over 20,000 in use. An educated Chinese person will know about 8,000 characters, but you will only need about 2-3,000 to be able to read a newspaper.