<p>That website is made with the following resources that you can find in the <a href="http://www.hanzicraft.com/about" rel="nofollow">FAQ</a> section:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Where does the data come from?</p>
  
  <p>HanziCraft would not exist without the massive amounts of work already
  done by other people &amp; researchers.</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://lwc.daanvanesch.nl/" rel="nofollow">Leiden University Weibo Corpus Data</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://cjkdecomp.codeplex.com/" rel="nofollow">Gavin Grover's Decomposition Data</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=cc-cedict" rel="nofollow">CC-CEDICT</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://lingua.mtsu.edu/chinese-computing/" rel="nofollow">Junda's Character Frequency Data</a></li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

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2016-06-09T12:09:54.970Z
2016-06-09T12:09:54.970Z
marcanuy
<p>I found sources for characters, definitions, and stroke order to build a <a href="https://donkirkby.github.io/donkirkby-old/ChineseVocabulary" rel="nofollow noreferrer">set of flash cards</a>. I listed <a href="https://donkirkby.github.io/donkirkby-old/ChineseSources" rel="nofollow noreferrer">several sources</a> on the project web site.</p>

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The lnks are fixed now, @maritsm. Thanks for letting me know.
Don Kirkby
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2016-06-08T04:18:58.677Z
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Don Kirkby
<p>汉字分解。 Decomposition of the Chinese Character  能  néng     ‘be able to’  </p>

<p>厶  sī  private,
⺝  yuè    moon,
冂  jiōng  down box,
二  èr  two,
匕  bǐ  spoon,
丿  piě  slash,
乚  yǐ  second,
匕  bǐ  spoon,   </p>

<p>厶⺝ 冂 二 匕丿乚匕</p>

<p>Chinese, Character, Breakdown, Decomposition, Analysis, Strokes, Language, Dictionary, Textbook, Break Down, Split, Analyze, Decompose, Learn, Memorize, Broken Down</p>

<p>More information: <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/the-chinese-character-decomposition-guidance/18847104" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/the-chinese-character-decomposition-guidance/18847104</a> and <a href="http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/polina985" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/polina985</a></p>

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2017-06-08T00:49:28.887Z
Nicolay Shinkin
<p>汉字分解。 Decomposition of the Chinese Character  火 huǒ  ‘fire’ </p>

<p>丷  bā eight,
人  rén man, </p>

<p>丷人</p>

<p>Chinese, Character, Breakdown, Decomposition, Analysis, Strokes, Language, Dictionary, Textbook, Break Down, Split, Analyze, Decompose, Learn, Memorize, Broken Down</p>

<p>More information: <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/the-chinese-character-decomposition-guidance/18847104" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/the-chinese-character-decomposition-guidance/18847104</a> and <a href="http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/polina985" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/polina985</a></p>

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2017-06-07T00:27:55.497Z
2017-06-07T00:27:55.497Z
Nicolay Shinkin
<p>Here are some free databases that may be useful to you:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://cc-cedict.org/wiki/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CC-CEDICT</a>: high quality user-created  dictionary released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License </li>
<li><a href="http://crr.ugent.be/programs-data/subtitle-frequencies/subtlex-ch" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SUBTLEX-CH</a>: Chinese word and character frequencies based on film and television show subtitles</li>
<li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Chinese_characters_decomposition" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikimedia Commons Chinese character decomposition database</a></li>
</ul>

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2016-06-08T12:43:09.080Z
2017-06-08T13:53:17.047Z
2017-06-08T13:53:17.047Z
Jack Elsey
<p>I've been spending a lot of time learning chinese, and have some ideas for apps that would make this complicated process easier. </p>

<p>I'm looking for datasets (ideally free) that I can use to back an app I want to write. </p>

<p>The dataset should have definitions, character ranks, frequency data, radical composition data etc.</p>

<p>An example of an existing app is <a href="http://www.hanzicraft.com/character/%E5%AE%89" rel="noreferrer">http://www.hanzicraft.com/character/%E5%AE%89</a></p>

<p>Where does one obtain such data? </p>

<p>Any ideas?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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2016-06-07T10:36:22.010Z
I don't see anything of this nature on unicode.org!!
pixelearth
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2016-06-08T23:56:45.353Z
倪阔乐 I think you may not be understanding the question properly.
pixelearth
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2016-06-09T08:59:24.627Z
That could be. Could you point to the files that contain "definitions, character ranks, frequency data, radical composition data etc."?
pixelearth
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Where can I find a dataset for Chinese characters to back an app I want to write?
# Where can I find a dataset for Chinese characters to back an app I want to write?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-07)

I've been spending a lot of time learning chinese, and have some ideas for apps that would make this complicated process easier.

I'm looking for datasets (ideally free) that I can use to back an app I want to write.

The dataset should have definitions, character ranks, frequency data, radical composition data etc.

An example of an existing app is <http://www.hanzicraft.com/character/%E5%AE%89>

Where does one obtain such data?

Any ideas?

Thanks

**Tags:** database

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I don't see anything of this nature on unicode.org!!  
> **username_0**: 倪阔乐 I think you may not be understanding the question properly.  
> **username_0**: That could be. Could you point to the files that contain "definitions, character ranks, frequency data, radical composition data etc."?  

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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2016-06-08. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Here are some free databases that may be useful to you:

* [CC-CEDICT](https://cc-cedict.org/wiki/): high quality user-created dictionary released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License
* [SUBTLEX-CH](http://crr.ugent.be/programs-data/subtitle-frequencies/subtlex-ch): Chinese word and character frequencies based on film and television show subtitles
* [Wikimedia Commons Chinese character decomposition database](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Chinese_characters_decomposition)


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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-09. Score: 2

That website is made with the following resources that you can find in the [FAQ](http://www.hanzicraft.com/about) section:

> Where does the data come from?
>
> HanziCraft would not exist without the massive amounts of work already
> done by other people & researchers.
>
> * [Leiden University Weibo Corpus Data](http://lwc.daanvanesch.nl/)
> * [Gavin Grover's Decomposition Data](http://cjkdecomp.codeplex.com/)
> * [CC-CEDICT](http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=cc-cedict)
> * [Junda's Character Frequency Data](http://lingua.mtsu.edu/chinese-computing/)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-06-08. Score: 0

I found sources for characters, definitions, and stroke order to build a [set of flash cards](https://username_2.github.io/username_2-old/ChineseVocabulary). I listed [several sources](https://username_2.github.io/username_2-old/ChineseSources) on the project web site.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: The lnks are fixed now, @maritsm. Thanks for letting me know.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-06-08. Score: 0

汉字分解。 Decomposition of the Chinese Character 能 néng ‘be able to’

厶 sī private,
⺝ yuè moon,
冂 jiōng down box,
二 èr two,
匕 bǐ spoon,
丿 piě slash,
乚 yǐ second,
匕 bǐ spoon,

厶⺝ 冂 二 匕丿乚匕

Chinese, Character, Breakdown, Decomposition, Analysis, Strokes, Language, Dictionary, Textbook, Break Down, Split, Analyze, Decompose, Learn, Memorize, Broken Down

More information: <http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/the-chinese-character-decomposition-guidance/18847104> and <http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/polina985>


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-06-07. Score: 0

汉字分解。 Decomposition of the Chinese Character 火 huǒ ‘fire’

丷 bā eight,
人 rén man,

丷人

Chinese, Character, Breakdown, Decomposition, Analysis, Strokes, Language, Dictionary, Textbook, Break Down, Split, Analyze, Decompose, Learn, Memorize, Broken Down

More information: <http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/the-chinese-character-decomposition-guidance/18847104> and <http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/polina985>


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