This script generates an Anki package for learning the rough meanings of kanji, ordered by grade level as specified by the Japanese Ministry of Education. By default, it generates cards for kanji through grade six (known as the kyoiku kanji). However, it can modified to use any kanji contained in the KANJIDIC project.
Each Anki flashcard has the kanji on the front side, and its rough meaning, an example Japanese word using the kanji, and grade level on the back.
Install the required packages:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Then run the script:
python anki_kyoiku.py
The generated file will be at kyoiku.apkg, ready for import into Anki.
The script can download recordings for example words from Forvo. To do so, the environment variable FORVO_KEY must be set to your Forvo API key. After setting that, run the script.
Chances are you will hit your daily Forvo API limit before all the recordings are downloaded. In that case, run the script after your limit resets. The script will pick up downloads where it left off. You can reimport the deck into Anki after each wave of downloads, and it should include the new files as expected.
This project makes use of the KANJIDIC and JMdict-EDICT projects, both property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. The projects are used in conformance with the EDRDG's license, available at http://www.edrdg.org/edrdg/licence.html.
This project makes use of the file kradfile-u, created by Jim Rose. It is used in comformance with its license, available at http://www.kanjicafe.com/kradfile_license.htm.
This project also makes use of a Japanese frequency list from Wiktionary, available via the Create Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The TSV version of the file used in this project can be downloaded at http://namakajiri.net/data/wikipedia-20150422-lemmas.tsv.
All data sources are unmodified.