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Anyone know a good place to find Kanji you're looking for?

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:01 am
by JunkerMike
There's this japanese name that I don't get many results for in english, and I'm looking for a site where I can find the kanji for the name I'm looking for. Can anyone help?

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:20 am
by Solidé
Try this...

http://www.romaji.org/

You can convert Kanji's to romaji or hiraganas.

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:24 am
by Artemio
I've always found the following two methods the easiest (though they are the same with different tools):

1) Use windows IME pad to write the kanji. Then select it from the list
2) Use the Nintendo DS with the English-Japanese software to do the same.

The second is very practical, but you need extra hardware and software. For the first one you only need to install Asian language support and add the Japanese keyboard to the list of your active languages.

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:38 pm
by JunkerMike
No, no, I don't wanna write the kanji, I wanna find out the text of the person I'm looking for's name in a kanji font so I can copy and paste it into a search engine and see if I can find any info on him.

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:46 pm
by Henry Spencer
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Choose from the list - Japanese to English. I think it converts Kanji, not too sure.

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:49 pm
by JunkerMike
Henry Spencer wrote:http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Choose from the list - Japanese to English. I think it converts Kanji, not too sure.
Thanks, but that didn't help. The name I'm looking for is a japanese name. I know how it's written in english, but I'm looking for text of how it's written in kanji. Like for example, I'm not looking to find a literal translation of a japanese word.

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:12 pm
by Artemio
Unless you know Japanese, it would be very difficult. What is the name you are looking for?