# Any userscript that provides you with kanji etymology?

**URL:** <https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-userscript-that-provides-you-with-kanji-etymology/59624>\
**Category:** API And Third-Party Apps\
**Created:** [December 6, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-userscript-that-provides-you-with-kanji-etymology/59624 "2022-12-06T20:55:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vorupini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/vorupini/32/569234_2.png) [@Vorupini](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Vorupini)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-userscript-that-provides-you-with-kanji-etymology/59624/1 "2022-12-06T20:55:54Z")

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I will provide an example to explain what I’m talking about:  
The userscript should show you something like this when you’re doing a lesson:

打: to hit.  
Phono-semantic compound: semantic 扌(“hand”) + phonetic 丁

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**Author:** ![Beyond\_Sleepy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/beyond_sleepy/32/804235_2.png) [@Beyond\_Sleepy](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Beyond_Sleepy)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-userscript-that-provides-you-with-kanji-etymology/59624/2 "2022-12-06T20:57:41Z")

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Like this?

> [@\[Userscript\] Keisei 形声 Semantic-Phonetic Composition](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-keisei-%E5%BD%A2%E5%A3%B0-semantic-phonetic-composition/21479):
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> warning This is a third-party script/app and is not created by the WaniKani team. By using this, you understand that it can stop working at any time or be discontinued indefinitely. Keisei Semantic-Phonetic Composition by acm I am proud to release the stable version of my first script, Keisei Semantic-Phonetic Composition! Installation Instructions Get Tampermonkey (installation instructions [in this thread](https://community.wanikani.com/t/visual-guide-on-how-to-install-a-userscript/12136)) Click on the [installation link](https://github.com/mwil/wanikani-userscripts/raw/master/wanikani-phonetic-compounds/wk_keisei.user.js) (Tampermonkey should auto-detect .user.js files) I…

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**Author:** ![Vorupini](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/vorupini/32/569234_2.png) [@Vorupini](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Vorupini)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/any-userscript-that-provides-you-with-kanji-etymology/59624/3 "2022-12-06T21:26:02Z")

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Thank you!