Observed arrival · 2026-10-03
Kakikomi brings kanji lookup into the reading app
An Android dictionary overlay for looking up Japanese kanji by drawing them or selecting text on screen without leaving the page.
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- For
- Android readers of Japanese manga, books, and web pages
- Worth noticing
- The page says screen recognition runs on-device, discards the image immediately, and requests Android permission each time.
Field notes
The page lays out two lookup paths: draw a character with a finger or stylus, or use a frame control to select text that cannot be copied. It says handwriting candidates update during the stroke and screen recognition can handle multiple lines in reading order. The listed dictionary coverage is 12,633 kanji and 218,830 words; the site also says the dictionary works offline.
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