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Multiple Kanji Dictionary Lookup Bookmarklet

November 27, 2010
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Hey there, you Lazy Kanji aficionados! Here is a little bookmarklet that looks up multiple kanji dictionaries (Wiktionary, MDBG, Richard Sears’ Chinese Etymology, CantoDict and Goo) for you with a single click: Multiple Kanji Lookup Bookmarklet Source code: javascript:(function(){var w=window,d=w.document,s="";;if(d.selection){s=d.selection.createRange().text}else if(d.getSelection){s=d.getSelection()}else if(w.getSelection){s=window.getSelection()}window.open('http://www.surusu.com/addqaui.php?front='+encodeURIComponent(s),"_blank");window.open("http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=1&wdqb="+encodeURIComponent(s),"_blank");window.open("http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/"+encodeURIComponent(s),"_blank");window.open("http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterASP/CharacterEtymology.aspx?characterInput="+encodeURIComponent(s)+"&submitButton1=Etymology","_blank");window.open("http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/search/?searchtype=3&text="+encodeURIComponent(s),"_blank");window.open("http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/je/"+encodeURIComponent(s)+"/m0u/","_blank");window.open("http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/all/"+encodeURIComponent(s)+"/m0u/","_blank");window.open("http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/all/"+encodeURIComponent(s)+"/m1u/","_blank");})()

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How To Really Make the Transition to Monolingual Dictionaries

July 16, 2008
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I know I’ve written on this topic before. FORGET WHAT I SAID. That explanation sucked; it was far too complicated. Just do this. This is all you need to do to smoothly make the transition to monolingual dictionaries. Are you ready? OK. Here it comes: Look up definitions of words you already know. You heard me. LOOK UP WORDS...

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Chinese Project Notes 5: Monodics

August 13, 2007
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A lot of people have asked me “hey Khatzumoto, which monolingual Chinese dictionaries do you use?”. And I respond to them in comments, but no one gets to read comments. So here it is, a list of the monodics I currently use. 國語辭典簡編本 (The Abridged Mandarin Dictionary, designed for children, it has pictures and you can even get...

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Chinese Project Notes 3: Environment-Building + The Laddering Method Reloaded

August 10, 2007
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Chinese Project Notes 3: Environment-Building + The Laddering Method Reloaded

So, the Chinese Project is going really well. I made another shopping trip to my favorite Taiwanese online bookstore. These are new members of my Chinese media collection (except for 玩具總動員/Toy Story, which is an older member): So, most of what I have are comic books and Disney/Pixar DVDs in Chinese. I also have Chinese-dubbed Powerpuff Girls, because I...

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Why I’m in Love with my Japanese-Japanese Dictionary

July 25, 2007
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Why I’m in Love with my Japanese-Japanese Dictionary

This is a guest article by Momoko, Khatzumoto’s…how do you say…”special lady”. This was meant to be a regular article, but it unintentionally turned into a book recommendation. In keeping with the other book recommendations, we will later discuss the cons as well as the pros of this book…Probably. Maybe. At first I was scared sheetless stiff at the...

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Chinese Project Notes 2: Went Monolingual

July 23, 2007
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Today, July 20, 2007, I crossed the Rubicon and went fully monolingual in Chinese. I do sometimes look up a Japanese word to find Chinese example sentences for it. So I guess this, makes me a mix between Steps 3 and 4 as outlined in this post on how to make the transition. As far as I’m concerned this...

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