InkLearn
InkLearn is an indispensible tool for learning how to write Chinese characters.
This free program is made possible by the Unihan database, the CEDICT project, and freechineselearning.com for their character, word and stroke order databases respectively.
Features
- Search for a character by writing it or typing its pinyin reading
- Trace: display selected character as a watermark in writing area
- Vocabulary lookup: display Chinese words beginning with selected character (cidian)
- Paste select: lookup characters in clipboard
- Traditional and Simplified Chinese support, can lookup simplified variants of traditional character and vice-versa
- Stroke order animations
- Small download size
Requirements
- Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 -- comes with Win XP Service Pack 2
- Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 Recognizer Pack
- Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SDK 1.7
- East Asian languages support installed (Control Panel > Regional and Language Options, then Languages tab)
Release History
0.9.2
- Add animated stroke order
- Fix some bad data files causing some Pinyin searches to fail
0.9.1
- Add word vocabulary lookup
- Add paste select
- Improve font detection
- Improve UI
Download
Download Inklearn 0.9.2 (1,442 KB)
Download Inklearn 0.9.1 (845 KB)