JP2006338124A - Chinese character retrieval method, its system and its server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a person who tries to retrieve Chinese characters to easily retrieve Chinese characters on the basis of his or her familiar language. <P>SOLUTION: A Roman alphabet input column and a Spanish input column or the like are prepared on a retrieval screen. When a user knows only the spelling of Spanish, the user inputs the spelling in the Spanish input column as "flor". When the user clicks a retrieval button, the retrieval result of the pertinent vocabulary or example is displayed. The retrieval result includes Spanish display, and when the user selects necessary Chinese characters by referring to the display, a Chinese character description screen 130 is displayed. This screen includes a Chinese character 131 "HANA" corresponding to "flor"in Spanish, phonetic reading display 132 in KATAKANA and Roman alphabet, Japanese reading display 133 in HIRAGANA and Roman alphabet and vocabulary display 134 in Chinese character, HIRAGANA, Roman alphabet and Spanish. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a kanji search method, its system, and its server, for example, a kanji search method, its system, and its server that are suitable when a foreigner who does not speak Japanese as a native language searches or learns kanji. About.

Conventional techniques for foreigners to learn or search Japanese kanji include those described in the following patent documents. Among these, Patent Literature 1 discloses a learning support device that displays and outputs kanji pronunciation or reading according to vocabulary. In Patent Document 2, a kanji character is decomposed into meaningless symbols, radicals, and a minimum unit consisting of meaningless kanji characters not included in these, and a code is attached to these decomposed visual elements, and kanji characters are also added. A kanji dictionary search method is disclosed in which a pair of codes that are attached to the above is stored in advance and the kanji is searched from the visual elements when searching for kanji. Further, in Patent Literature 3, when searching a Japanese dictionary, a reading of a kanji and a knot reading of each kanji included in the term are given to the reading of the term including the searched kanji. A Japanese sentence reading support method is disclosed in which special reading is determined by combination.
JP 05-67070 A JP 07-219941 A JP 09-297757 A

  However, the inventions described in Patent Documents 1 and 3 are all related to how to read kanji, and even if you are a foreigner, you know kanji to some extent, but can be used when you do not know how to read it. This method is not suitable for beginners who want to learn kanji based on their native language. In addition, although the invention described in Patent Document 2 can search for kanji from visual elements, it is not always suitable for learning kanji from the native language.

  The present invention focuses on the above points, and provides a kanji search method, a system thereof, and a server that enable a person who wants to search for kanji to easily search based on a language that he can understand. Is the purpose.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a kanji list in which kanji characters are collected in a kanji database in a language or notation that the user is good at, a number of kanji explanation screens prepared for each kanji, When the kanji to be searched is input in the language or notation that the user is good at, the corresponding vocabulary is searched in the kanji database and displayed in the language or notation that the user is good at Based on this display, when the user selects any vocabulary, the corresponding kanji explanation screen is searched from the kanji database and displayed to the user. The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily search for kanji using a language that the user is good at, for example, Spanish, which can be used for learning Japanese or Chinese kanji.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail based on examples. In the following embodiment, a case where a foreigner whose native language is Spanish searches for or learns kanji will be described as an example.

  First, a first embodiment relating to a kanji search method will be described. The search according to the present embodiment is executed on the screen of a client such as a PC (personal computer, personal computer) connected to the Internet. For example, a menu screen 100 as shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on the display of the client. As shown in the figure, the main menu items and their descriptions are displayed in Spanish. Therefore, even beginners of Japanese can fully utilize them by referring to their Spanish display (the same applies to the following screens). Here, when a user who wants to search for kanji clicks the search button 102 with the mouse cursor, a search screen 110 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed.

  The search screen 110 is provided with a Roman character input field 112, a Spanish input field 114, a reading input field 116, and a stroke number input field 118. The user inputs a vocabulary or an example including the kanji to be searched for into the Roman character input field 112, the Spanish input field 114, or the reading input field 116. For example, when the user knows that the Chinese character to be searched is “flower” and the store selling flowers is “hanaya”, “hanaya” is entered in the Roman character input field 112. When Spanish is known, “floreria” is entered in the Spanish input field 114. In this way, the user may input a vocabulary related to kanji. If either kanji reading or kanji reading is known, the reading is entered in the reading input field 116 in Roman characters. For example, “ka” or “hana” is input. Further, when the number of strokes of kanji is known, the number of strokes is entered in the stroke number input field 118 as a number.

  Therefore, if the user has knowledge about Japanese, the vocabulary can be searched using that knowledge. However, even if you have no knowledge of Japanese, if you know the Spanish spelling of the relevant vocabulary, you can use it to search for kanji. In the illustrated example, “floor” is input in Spanish.

  When the user clicks the search button 120, a vocabulary corresponding to the input data is searched in a kanji database provided in a server connected to the Internet. The search screen is as shown in FIG. 3, and the search result is displayed in the display field 124. That is, for the corresponding vocabulary, “Kanji number // Japanese romaji display // Spanish display // Romantic display of phonetic reading // Number of strokes” is displayed. In the example shown in the figure, the Chinese character database including the Spanish word “floor” is searched, and the Chinese character number and the like are displayed in the display column 124.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the search result includes a Spanish display, and the user can display the necessary kanji by referring to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when “k9 // hana // flor // 7” in the second row is selected with the mouse cursor and the click button 126 is clicked, as shown in FIG. Is displayed. That is, the screen 130 of “flower” which is the kanji corresponding to the kanji number “K9” in the clicked column is displayed. On this screen 130, the kanji 131 is colored and dynamically displayed according to the writing order, and the reading display 132 in katakana and romaji, the knot reading display in hiragana and romaji 133, and the vocabulary display in kanji, hiragana, romaji and spanish 134 is performed.

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to search and display corresponding kanji characters from their native language without knowing kanji characters at all, which is extremely effective for foreigner kanji search and kanji learning.

  Next, an embodiment of a system for performing the above-described kanji search / display method through a network will be described. FIG. 6 shows the overall configuration of the present embodiment. A plurality of client PCs 210 and a kanji search server 250 are connected to the Internet 200. A mobile phone or PDF may be used instead of the PC. The client PC 210 includes a client processing device 212, an input device 214, a display device 216, a program memory 220, and a data memory 230. Among these, the client processing device 212 includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like, and executes various processes such as data input / output and screen display on the client side. The input device 214 includes a mouse, a keyboard, and the like, and a user inputs data and clicks a button. The display device 216 displays a search screen and search results. The program memory 220 is a memory for storing a program executed by the client PC 210, and is a data transmission / reception program 222 that transmits / receives data to / from the kanji search server 250 through the Internet 200, and a display process that performs display processing in the client processing device 212. A program 224 is stored. The data memory 230 stores display data 232, input data 234, and the like.

  On the other hand, the kanji search server 250 is configured by a computer system, and includes a server processing device 252, a program memory 260, and a data memory 270. Among these, the server processing device 252 is configured by a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like, and executes various processes such as data availability and search processing on the server side. The program memory 260 is a memory for storing a program executed by the kanji search server 250, and a search process for performing a search process in the data transmission / reception program 262 and the server processing device 252 that exchange data with the client PC 210 through the Internet 200. A program 264 and a screen reading program 266 for reading screen data to be displayed on the client side from the data memory 270 are stored. The data memory 270 is a memory for storing various data, and stores a kanji database 272. The kanji database 272 includes a kanji list 274 and a large number of display screen data 276 prepared for each kanji. Further, the kanji search server 250 includes an input device and a display device (not shown), and is used for inputting various data.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the kanji list 274 of the kanji database 272 described above. For example, typical words including the kanji “ichi” include “one year, one month, one quarter, unification, one person, one”. Therefore, the code “K1” is attached to the kanji “ichi”, and the above-mentioned “one year, january, quarter, unification, one person, one” is written in Japanese romaji, spanish notation, phonetic reading romaji. , The number of strokes “1” is listed (see the column of Kanji number K1 in FIG. 7). Typical words that include the Chinese character “right” are “right hand, left, right, right turn, right, right, right wing”. Therefore, the code “K2” is attached to the “right” of the kanji, and the above-mentioned “right hand, left, right, right turn, right, right, right wing” is written in Japanese romaji, Spanish notation, phonetic reading romanization, stroke number “5”. Similarly, the list is formed (see the column of the Chinese character number K2 in FIG. 7). Similarly, typical words including the kanji “rain” include “rain, rainfall, heavy rain”. Therefore, the code “K3” is attached to the “rain” in the Chinese character, and the above-mentioned “Rain, rain, heavy rain” in Japanese romaji, Spanish notation, phonetic reading romanization, and number of strokes “8” are similarly listed. (See the column for Kanji number K3 in FIG. 7). The same applies to other kanji.

  Next, returning to FIG. 6, the display screen data 276 of the kanji database 272 includes the menu screen 100 shown in FIG. 1, the search screen 110 shown in FIG. 2, the kanji explanation screen 130 shown in FIG. A kanji list screen 300 shown in FIG. 11, a screen of a kanji practice note 400 shown in FIG. 12, a kanji practice screen 500 shown in FIG. 13, and the like are prepared. The kanji explanation screen 130 in FIG. 5 is prepared for each kanji. In addition to the data of the screen itself, the data of the kanji explanation screen 130 includes voice data of each vocabulary and animation display data of the writing order.

  Next, the overall operation of this embodiment will be described. When the user operates the input device 214 on the client PC 210 side to instruct the display of the kanji search screen, the client processing device 212 executes the data transmission / reception program 222 to transmit the fact to the kanji search server 250 via the Internet 200. The request is received by the execution of the data transmission / reception program 262 by the server processing device 252. 1 is read from the display screen data 276 of the kanji database 272 by the execution of the screen reading program 266 by the server processing device 252. The screen data is transmitted to the client PC 210 via the Internet 200, and the menu screen 100 shown in FIG. 1 is displayed on the display device 216 by executing the display processing program 224.

  When performing a Chinese character search, the user operates the search button 102 with the input device 214. For example, the search button 102 is clicked with the mouse cursor. Then, the fact is transmitted from the client PC 210 by the data transmission / reception programs 222 and 262 and received by the kanji search server 250. In the kanji search server 250, the search screen 110 shown in FIG. 2 is read from the display screen data 276 by the screen reading program 266 and transmitted to the client PC 210. In the client PC 210, the search screen 110 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display device 216 by the display processing program 224.

  As described above, the search screen 110 is provided with the Roman character input field 112, the Spanish input field 114, and the like, and the search is performed using these as appropriate. For example, if the spelling of the Spanish word to be searched is “floor”, it is entered in the Spanish input field 114 as shown. When the user clicks on the search button 120, the fact is transmitted by the data transmission / reception program 222 and received by the transmission / reception program 262 by the kanji search server 250. In the kanji search server 250, the server processing device 252 executes the search processing program 264, and searches the kanji list 274 of the kanji database 272 shown in FIG. 7 for items including “flor” in Spanish as user input data. Is done. Then, the data in the corresponding column is transmitted to the client PC 210.

  In the client PC 210, the received data is displayed in the display field 124 of the search screen 110 by the display processing program 224. This is shown in FIG. 3, in which kanji numbers, romaji notation, spanish notation, and number of strokes are displayed. As described above, the search result includes the Spanish display, and the user can display the necessary kanji by referring to this.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, if the user selects the second vocabulary “k9 // hana // flor // 7” with the input device 214, the selected kanji number “k9” is searched for kanji. It is transmitted to the server 250. In the kanji search server 250, the screen reading program 266 is executed by the server processing device 252, and the explanation screen data of the kanji corresponding to the kanji number “k9” is read from the display screen data 276 of the kanji database 272. This explanation screen data is transmitted to the client PC 210 via the Internet 200.

  In the client PC 210, the display processing program 224 is executed, and a kanji explanation screen 130 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display device 216 based on the received kanji explanation screen data. That is, the image 131 of the Chinese character “flower” is colored and displayed on the upper left side of the screen according to the animation display, that is, the writing order. On the right side of the screen, readings 132 and 133 for reading aloud and readings are displayed in kana or romaji. In the lower column, a vocabulary display 134 is displayed in kanji, hiragana, romaji and spanish. The kanji number 135 is displayed at the upper left of the kanji 131, and the stroke number 136 is displayed at the lower right of the kanji display frame. Above the stroke number 136, a number 137 indicating the number of strokes corresponding to the animation display of the kanji 131 is displayed. Above the kanji number 135, a level symbol 138 described later is displayed. In the lower right of the screen, a button 139 is displayed for operation when it is desired to display the previous kanji number or the next kanji number. In the example shown in the figure, since the kanji of the code number before the kanji “flower” is “fire” and the kanji of the code number after it is “shellfish”, those kanji are displayed on the button 139. A button 140 for returning to the previous explanation screen is provided at the upper left of the screen.

  Further, when the cursor is moved to the hiragana part of the vocabulary display 134 on the screen of FIG. 5, a message to that effect is displayed as shown in FIG. 8, and when the display is clicked, the sound of the hiragana is reproduced. . In the example of FIG. 8, the “Hana” portion is displayed 142, and the voice of “Hana” is reproduced and output. Thereby, the user can practice listening and pronunciation. Further, when the cursor is moved to the kanji portion of the vocabulary display 134, a display 144 to that effect is performed as shown in FIG. Here, when the displayed Chinese character is clicked, a request for displaying the screen of the Chinese character is made to the Chinese character search server 250 via the Internet 200, and the corresponding Chinese character is displayed from the display screen data 276 of the Chinese character database 272. The screen data is read and transmitted to the client side, and the screen of the kanji is displayed. For example, if the user clicks “fire”, the “fire” screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. When the button 140 is clicked on this screen, the server side is similarly notified of this, the corresponding screen is transmitted to the client side, and the previous screen, that is, the screen of FIG. 9 is displayed. That is, the user can return to the previous screen.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a screen for explaining Chinese characters is prepared in advance for each Chinese character as the display screen data 276 in the Chinese character database 272 of the Chinese character search server 250, which is transmitted from the server side to the client side. Displayed. Users can search for kanji from the language they are good at. Further, by referring to the search result screen, it is possible to know the stroke order, reading, vocabulary, and pronunciation of the searched kanji. For example, in the example of FIG. 5, first, the user can know that the Chinese character corresponding to the Spanish “floor” is “flower”. In addition, the reading and knot reading of the Chinese character “Hana” can be known from the displays 132 and 133, and the specific vocabulary can also be known from the vocabulary display 134. In addition, you can listen to pronunciation, and you can look up kanji in related vocabulary.

  Next, Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described. This embodiment relates to an operation when another menu button in the menu screen 100 shown in FIG. 1 is operated. Menu buttons 104A to 104C are buttons for displaying a list of kanji and are divided into three levels. This level is displayed on the screen as the level symbol 138 described above. For example, level classification corresponds to compulsory education in Japan. Level 1 is for first graders, level 2 is for second graders, and level 3 is for third graders.

  If the user operates the button 104A with the input device 214, for example, the kanji list screen 300 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the display device 216. That is, the search processing program 264 reads the kanji list screen 300 showing the kanji list 302 corresponding to level 1 from the display screen data 276 of the kanji database 272, and displays it as shown in FIG. Further, when any Chinese character in the Chinese character list 302 is clicked, the Spanish notation of the Chinese character, the Chinese character number, etc. are displayed on the screen. In the example shown in the figure, the Chinese character “I” is displayed. The same applies to the buttons 104B and 104C in FIG. 1, and level 2 and level 3 kanji lists are displayed.

  Next, when the button 106 is clicked, the screen of the kanji practice note 400 as shown in FIG. 12 is read from the display screen data 276 and displayed / printed on the client side. A kanji example 402 is displayed at the left end of the kanji practice note 400, and a plurality of practice squares 404 are arranged on the right side thereof. The example shown in the figure is practice notes for level 1 kanji numbers 1 to 10.

  Next, when the button 108 is clicked, a kanji practice screen 500 as shown in FIG. 13 is read from the display screen data 276 and displayed. The example in the figure is an example in which a kanji practice screen 500 is displayed on the display screen 130 for the kanji “flower”, and shows a state where the mouse cursor 502 is used to practice writing kanji. The ruled line 131A in the display frame of the kanji 131 matches the ruled line 500A in the frame of the kanji practice screen 500, so that the kanji can be used while grasping the size and positional relationship of the kanji lines and points. You can practice writing.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the Example mentioned above, A various change can be added in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. For example, the following are also included.

  (1) The data, screen configuration, and program configuration shown in the above embodiment are merely examples, and other modes can be considered by using a known technique. In one preferred example, “PostgreSQL” or “MySQL” is used as the kanji database, and display processing on the client side is performed by “Macromedia Flash Player”. By using “Macromedia Flash Player”, animation display and pronunciation output of kanji stroke order can be realized easily. Furthermore, not only audio but also images such as photographs and illustrations may be displayed. For example, when a search result for the Chinese character “flower” is displayed, a picture of the flower is displayed.

  (2) In the above embodiment, the Chinese characters are searched and displayed using the network. However, the entire system is accommodated in a DVD or the like and provided as a so-called package so that it can be used on a PC or the like. You may make it use both together.

  (3) The above example is an example of kanji search for people who can understand Spanish but who are beginners about kanji. However, there are people whose native language is various languages such as English and French. The same applies to the case of searching for kanji. As kanji, not only Japanese kanji but also Chinese kanji may be searched. Furthermore, it is good also as a description which can be applied with respect to several foreign languages. According to the example in FIG. 4, the second vocabulary display “k9 // hana // flor // 7” is set to “k9 // hana / flower / fleur / Blume // flor // 7”. Thus, not only Spanish but also foreigners whose native languages are English, French and German can search for kanji.

  (4) In the above embodiment, numbers (numeric characters) are assigned to kanji, but alphabets and symbols may be used instead of numbers. In short, it can be considered that a code for distinguishing a large number of Chinese characters is attached to each Chinese character.

  According to the present invention, a target Chinese character can be directly searched, which is suitable when a foreigner learns a Chinese character.

It is a top view which shows the menu screen of Example 1 of this invention. It is a top view which shows the Chinese character search screen of the said Example 1. FIG. It is a top view which shows the mode after the search of the search screen of the said Example 1. FIG. It is a top view which shows the mode after the selection of the vocabulary which needs to be displayed on the search screen of the said Example 1. FIG. It is a top view which shows the explanatory screen of the kanji of a search result. It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of Example 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the Chinese character list of the Chinese character database in the said Example. It is a top view which shows the mode of the screen at the time of performing sound output on the screen of the said FIG. It is a top view which shows the mode of the screen in the case of performing the related kanji display on the screen of the said FIG. It is a top view which shows the mode of a screen when the related Chinese character is selected on the screen of the said FIG. It is a top view which shows an example of the kanji list | wrist for every level in Example 3 of this invention. It is a top view which shows an example of the notebook for Chinese character practice in Example 3 of this invention. It is a top view which shows an example of the Chinese character practice screen in Example 3 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

100: Menu screen 102: Search button 104A, 104B, 104C: Button 106: Button 108: Button 110: Search screen 112: Roman character input field 114: Spanish input field 116: Reading input field 118: Stroke number input field 120: Search button 124: Display column 126: Click button 130: Kanji explanation screen 131: Kanji or its image 131A: Ruled lines 132, 133: Display 134: Vocabulary display 135: Kanji number 136: Stroke number 137: Number 138: Level symbol 139, 140: Button 142, 144: Display 200: Internet 210: Client PC
212: Client processing device 214: Input device 216: Display device 220: Program memory 222: Data transmission / reception program 224: Display processing program 230: Data memory 232: Display data 234: Input data 250: Kanji search server 252: Server processing device 260 : Program memory 262: Data transmission / reception program 264: Search processing program 266: Screen reading program 270: Data memory 272: Kanji database 274: Kanji list 276: Display screen data 300: Kanji list screen 302: Kanji list 400: Kanji practice notes 402: Model 404: Mass 500: Kanji practice screen 500A: Ruled line 500: Practice screen 502: Mouse cursor

Claims (3)

A kanji search method in which a user who is not good at kanji searches for a desired kanji from a kanji database,
The kanji database is
A kanji list in which vocabularies including kanji are collected in a language or notation that the user is good at;
Many kanji explanation screens prepared for each kanji,
With
Step 1 for inputting a kanji to be searched in a language or notation that the user is good at
Step 2 for searching the vocabulary corresponding to the input data in Step 1 in the Kanji database
Step 3, displaying the vocabulary searched in Step 2 in the language or notation that the user is good at
When the user selects any vocabulary based on the display in step 3, the corresponding kanji explanation screen is searched in the kanji database.
Step 5 for displaying the kanji explanation screen retrieved in Step 4 to the user
Kanji search method characterized by including. A kanji search system in which a user who is not good at kanji searches for a desired kanji,
A kanji list including kanji-containing vocabulary in a language or notation that the user is good at, and a kanji explanation screen prepared for each kanji,
Data input means for users to enter data,
Display means for displaying an input screen and a search result screen to the user;
Search means for searching for the corresponding one in the kanji database;
Transmitting / receiving means for transmitting / receiving data between the user and the kanji database;
With
When a kanji to be searched is input by the input means in a language or notation that the user is good at, the search means searches the vocabulary corresponding to the input data from the kanji database and the searched vocabulary Is displayed on the display means in a language that the user is good at,
When the user selects any vocabulary from this display, the search means searches the kanji database from the corresponding kanji explanation screen and displays it on the display means.
Kanji search system characterized by that. A server for constructing the kanji search system according to claim 2 on a network,
A server comprising the kanji database and the search means.

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