Translation English Name to Japanese and Tracing Katakana Name

A web site of "Hand-Tracing Practice for Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana” is useful for autonomous Kanji learning. Also the site has two functions of translation English name to Japanese Katakana and hand-writing Japanese character recognition. Please access the following URL.

https://www.icampusj.net/u/tracing.jsp

Procedure for Autonomous Kanji Learning

1st: Click the first item and edit your English name.

2nd: Click a button of "go to Hand-Tracing", then your English name is automatically translated to Japanese Katakana.
     For an example, "私はJohnです。" to "私はジョンです。".
3rd: Click again a button of "go to Hand-Tracing" for tracing in the order. You can trace your Japanese name on your smart phone.

Please access Color Rules for stroke errors in hand-writing recognition.

Translation English Name to Japanese and Tracing Katakana Name
1. Click a first item of "私はJohnです。" .	2. Edit to your name, and click  a button of "go to Hand-Tracing".
3. Click a button of "go to Hand-Tracing", and automatically translated to "私はジョンです。".	4. Trace for "私", and click a button of "Next".
5. Trace for "は", and click"Next".	6. Trace for "ジ", and click "Next".
7. Trace at lower half part for "ャュョッゃゅょっ", and click "Next".	8. Trace for "ン", and click "Next".
9. Trace for "で", and click "Next".	10. Trace for "す", and click "Next".
11. Trace a circle for "。", and click "Next".	12. Repeat above 4th to 11th.

Kanji Learning at Living Room with Family Using Tabcast

"Tabcast" is a useful tool for screen mirroring of tab browser using Chromecast.

If learners use the "tabcast" at living room with family or at class room with friends, they can effectively lean  kanji stroke orders, directions and so on from many advices.

The following table shows merits and demerits for screen mirroring using Chromecast, Miracast and Airplay.
"Tabcast" is available for both Windows and Mac OS.

OS	Applications	Chromecast	Miracast	Airplay
Windows	PowerPoint	OK*	OK	NG
	Tab, Video	OK	OK	NG
Android	QuickOffice	OK*	OK	NG
	Video	OK	OK	NG
Mac OS	KeyNote	OK*	NG	OK
	Tab, Video	OK	NG	OK
iOS	KeyNote	NG	NG	OK
	Video	OK	NG	OK

                    OK*: update on July 10, 2014

How to setup for tabcast of PC and Mac

1. Download Chrome browser
2. Download extension for Chromecast
3. Click a blue icon on the tab window for connecting.

(a) An example of a blue icon for Chromecast.	(b) An example of screen mirroring for VGA display and MacBook Air.
(c) An example of cables for Chromecast, VGA adapter and so on.

Caution: "Tabcast" is 720p (1280×720) and "Chromecast" is 1080p (1920×1080) from youtube.com directly.

Stroke Error Detection in Kanji Handwriting for Autonomous Learning

Stroke error detection in handwriting is useful to notice for your autonomous Kanji learning.

Please access a free site of web-based handwriting recognition engine (https://www.icampusj.net/u/ihwr.jsp) since Mar. 1, 2014.

• Color Rules for Stroke Error


• Red: Inhibit Direction
Please access "Permit and Inhibit Directions in Kanji Basic Strokes" in this blog.

• Orange: Reverse Direction
• Purple: Split or Merge Stroke
• Brown: Stroke Order Error
• Black: Correct Stroke


• Examples of Stroke Error Detection

Hand Tracing for 白 (white)	Hand Tracing for 木 (tree)
Hand Tracing for 氏 (family name)	Hand Tracing for 飲 (to drink)

Free Japanese Educational Fonts on PC and Mac

Japanese educational fonts are suitable for Japanese language learning such as hiragana hand-tracing  and hiragana matching quiz.

If you have MS Office on Japanese OS,  you can use bundled educational fonts. Please read a page of kanji font.
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You can download free Japanese educational fonts on PC and Mac for personal from a site of trial use since June, 2013. But you must buy in a case of group use in your class room from the site. The cost of the font is about 18,900 yen.

(A) Examples of use Japanese educational fonts.

(a) An example of free educational fonts  無料教科書体フォントの使用例	(b) An example of hiragana hand-tracing practice ひらがななぞり書き練習の例
MS Word
(c) An example of educational hiragana table 教科書体ひらがな表の例	(d) An example of hiragana matching quizz ひらがなマッチングクイズの例
	Drag right items to left items for PC or Mac.

(B) How to install free Japanese educational fonts.

1. Register your e-mail address for download
2. Submit your e-mail address for registration
3. Download from the font site 
4. Check kanji list such as 1365 letters (小学校教育漢字)
   


5. Install fonts for Windows
6. Check fonts for Windows
   
7. Install fonts for Mac OS
   
8. Check font book for Mac OS

(1) Register your e-mail address for download	(2) Set your e-mail address for registration
https://www.motoyafont.jp/ 無料教科書体フォントのダウンロード
(3) Download of fonts after registration フォントのダウンロード	(4) Check fonts 文字種一覧.txt
	お試しフォント（1,365字）文字種一覧 欧文（65字） ,-. 両仮名・英字・記号類（294字） 、。，．・：；？！゛゜´｀¨＾￣＿ヽヾゝゞ〃仝々〆〇ー—‐／＼〜‖｜…‥''""（）〔〕［］｛｝ 〈〉《》「」『』【】＋−×÷＝ 教育漢字（1,006字）
(5) Install fonts for Windows	(6) Check fonts for Windows after installation
	C:/windows/fonts/
(7) Install fonts for Mac	(8) Check fonts for Mac after installation
	/Users/myhome/Library/fonts NtMotoyaKyotaiStd-W2.otf  NtMotoyaKyotaiStd-W3.otf NtMotoyaKyotaiStd-W4.otf

Web-based Hand-tracing Practice by Your Favorite Order

Hand-tracing practice for kanji, hiragana and katakana by your favorite order

Procedure:
1. Go to hand-tracing page.
2. Paste your tracing text by favorite order.
3. Click a "Go to Hand-Tracing" button.
4. After hand-tracing, click a "Next" button.

Cautions:
Please latest browsers such as IE9, IE10, Safari6, Chrome27, Firefox21, or Opera12 for HTML5.
Please setup Educational Fonts for PC or Mac

For teachers:
Please directly link to this page by the following style on your web pages.
<a  href="https://www.icampusj.net/u/tracing.jsp?k=日月時分曜">日月時分曜</a>
Your students can get hand-tracing scores after login.

An example of Hiragana Hand-tracing	Hand-tracing for Hiragana
Hnad-tracing for Kanji	An example of hand-tracing scores

Kanji Hand Tracing Practice: 謹賀新年

How to Practice Kanji Hand Tracing

1. Input Kanji to Trace at Text Box.
2. Click a Search Button.
3. Click a Kanji Link for Hand Tracing.
4. Trace on a Tablet for Kanji Hand Recognition.

Kanji Hand Tracing for "謹賀新年"
Hand Tracing for "謹"	Hand Tracing for "賀"
Hand Tracing for "新"	Hand Tracing for "年"

Educational Kanji Font on IE10 for Windows 7

IE 10 for Windows 7 is downloadable on Feb. 26, 2013.
If you already installed MS Office, you can easily setup educational font for your web browsing using Windows.
You can use the Educational Kanji Font for Kanji, Hiragana or Katakana Tracing Practice.

(1) Download IE10 for Win 7	(2) Setup for Kanji Educational Font
(3) Hiragana Tracing Practice	(4) Hiragana Tracing き

For Mac, please access this link.

Radical Tracing: Cliff, Tare, 厂

Click the following links for radical tracing (部首なぞりがき）:
Cliff or Tare（たれ）⿸: 厂, 广, 疒, 尸, 戸

⿸	厂 (cliff, gan dare, がん だれ) HP: 2 strokes
广 (dotted cliff, ma dare, まだれ) SHP: 3 strokes	疒 (sick, yamai dare, やまい だれ) SHPNT: 5 strokes
尸 (flag, shikabane dare, しかばね だれ) FHP: 3 strokes	戸 (door, to dare, と だれ) HFHP: 4 strokes

底: Kanji Analysis, Synthesis and Tracing

Kanji analysis, synthesis and tracing for radical "dotted cliff".
底(bottom, テイ、そこ) ＝ 广(dotted cliff, ma dare) + 氏(family name, シ,うじ) ＋ 一(one,イチ,ひと)
JLPT2

⿸: radical cliff: 厂(cliff, gan dare, がん だれ), 尸(flag, shikabane dare, しかばね だれ), 广(dotted cliff, ma dare, まだれ),戸(door, to dare, と だれ),  疒(sick, yamai dare, やまい だれ)

广（ma dare）: 麻庁座広庭応床庄底序店度

Also please access the page of stroke order for "氏" and "Kanji Analysis and Synthesis" in this blog.

Please trace the following kanji and check the stroke order.
底: S H P + P V H N + H (8 strokes)

I found an interesting movie for kanji learning "底" which is "A Saxophonist Plays (TEI soko)" by JonasBonus80. If you once listen a song such as "TEI, TEI, soko, TEI, and TEI" in the movie, you don't forget this kanji. Please try to learn "底".

If you know interesting movies for kanji learning, please tell me.