radicals

radicals.py is script to quickly search for japanese kanji characters using its radicals/parts.

Usage

List available radicals and their description

$ python3 radicals.py 
一  one
丨  line
丶  dot
丿  slash
乙  second
亅  hook
二  two
亠  lid
人  man, human
儿  legs
...
龜  turtle, tortoise
龠  flute

Search for kanji using radical/part descriptions

$ python3 radicals.py lid human silk
綷  lid, man, human, ten, complete, small, insignificant, short, tiny, silk
纉  shell, eye, silk, short, tiny, small, insignificant, man, human, big, very, two, lid

List kanji radicals/parts

$ python3 radicals.py 知
口  mouth, opening
矢  arrow

Installation

Just clone the repository and download the kanji and radical data with

$ make download

Fish shell completion

If you copy the included radicals.fish file in the correspoding folder for fish shell completions ~/.config/fish/completions/, you can use the handy autocompletion/autosuggestions features with radicals.py.

(Note that the fish completion file assumes that there's a program called rad in your $PATH. To make this work be sure to rename radicals.py to rad or change the fish completion file accordingly. Also radicals.fish should be named according to the program in your path, i.e. rad.fish).