Chinese-Japanese Kanji Converter & Comparator
Enter a character to see how it's written in Japanese (Shinjitai), Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, allowing for easy comparison.
Input Character Type
Traditional Chinese
Traditional Chinese characters are primarily used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. They have more strokes and complex forms, but retain much of the original forms of Chinese characters.
Simplified Chinese
Simplified Chinese characters are primarily used in mainland China and Singapore. They are simplified versions of Chinese characters with fewer strokes, designed for ease of learning and writing.
Japanese Kanji
Japanese Kanji are based on Chinese characters imported into Japan and have undergone unique developments. After World War II, character forms were standardized, and 'Shinjitai' (new character forms) were adopted, primarily for Joyo Kanji. The previous forms are called 'Kyujitai' (old character forms). Additionally, unique characters (Kokuji) created in Japan also exist.
Mutually Non-Existent Characters
While many characters exist in Chinese but not in Japanese, there are also characters unique to Japanese. For example, '峠' (tōge) and '畑' (hatake) are 'Kokuji' (native Japanese characters) and have no corresponding Chinese characters. In this tool, such characters may be displayed as-is without conversion.
Not Always a One-to-One Mapping
For example, the Traditional characters '髮' (hair) and '發' (to issue/depart) are both converted to '发' in Simplified Chinese. In this way, different characters can be consolidated into a single character. Therefore, the tool might select a character that doesn't fit the context when converting back.