Wakana
Wakana Summary
Wakana is a mobile iOS app in Tools by Daichi Kato. Released in Jul 2025 (9 months ago). Store metadata: updated Jul 22, 2025.
Store info: Last updated on App Store on Jul 22, 2025 .
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App Description
Main Features
Font customization
Display of kanji pronunciation in the specified language (ruby)
Mutual conversion between Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Shinjitai
Dictionary function by clicking words
Recommended especially for language learners, translators, researchers of Japanese/Chinese, and language enthusiasts.
■ Freely selectable display fonts:
Handwritten-style font
Pixel-style font
■ Display of kanji pronunciation (ruby function)
It is possible to add ruby above kanji:
Mandarin (Standard Chinese / Putonghua)
Cantonese
Taiwanese (Taipei / Tainan style)
Japanese
Korean
Sino-Vietnamese (Vietnamese readings)
■ Ruby notation formats:
Pinyin alphabet
Zhuyin symbols (Bopomofo)
Hiragana
Katakana
Hangul
■ Tone mark display
Tone marks can be set to "on / off".
■ Character form conversion function
Conversion is possible to the following character types:
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Shinjitai
■ Word highlighting
Background color is added to converted words for visual clarity.
■ Dictionary function
Click dictionary: Clicking a word displays its translation in the specified language as a pop-up.
■ Example of customization
You can freely combine options such as:
"Japanese kun-yomi + Zhuyin (Taiwan) + Simplified Chinese + Handwritten-style font"