thomasrebele/kanji-ranking

kanji-ranking is a small java tool to create a ranking of kanji (Japanese characters) which might faciltate their memorization. The order is based on frequency and the components of the kanji. It can be extended for hanzi (Chinese characters) and hanja (Korean characters), too

Inspired by Heisig's 'Remembering the Kanji', this project aims to find frequent common components, and introduce them as primitives. In contrast, it tries to rank kanji with higher frequency first in the order, thus gaining a quicker "Return of investment" of your learning time. It relies on data from the CHISE project (http://www.chise.org/), which provides information about the decomposition of kanjis.