KanKan: kanji-component-aware online Japanese dictionary

[Akashelia]

@simias

示 is actually just a variant of ⺭

Did not see that one coming!

[simias]

Yeah and ⻂ is 衣…

[SpiderWeb]

There’s really just one radical in Japanese but it’s been simplified so much that it looks like there’s hundreds.

[simias]

Eventually there will only remain 糸

[soggyboy]

Not sure why, but「月」雲 didn’t find 筋雲

[simias]

It’s a low frequency word so it’s in the “extended dictionary” that you have to enable at the bottom of the page:

〘「月」雲〙 | KanKan

I did this in order to avoid downloading a huge amount of data on metered connections but it can be a bit confusing.

[soggyboy]

Oh, I see!

I didn’t really see this part, the text is a bit hard to read against the background.

Now I can find any type of cloud.

[simias]

How dare you criticize my web design skills?

[soggyboy]

How dare you discriminate against people who wear glasses?

[simias]

I mean you do use light mode, that’s probably the root of all your problems.

[soggyboy]

Hmm… Dark mode is worse somehow.

[simias]

You can fix it with userscripts

[soggyboy]

Perfect! Take my $200

[Belthazar]

@soggyboy

Hmm… Dark mode is worse somehow.

(Clearly the solution here is dark mode, but turn the brightness on your monitor all the way up.)

[simias]

Actually I now remember that it’s not legible sort-of on purpose: I wanted the various credit links at the bottom to be discreet since it’s not usually the info you’re looking for, and then I got lazy and reused the style when I added toggles.

Yes, it is silly but also I know it’ll end up making it worse if I try to tweak it.

[Akashelia]

Label updated to “high skilled lazy dev”

[simias]

That goes hand in hand!

[Akashelia]

True, was thinking that as I was typing it