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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. moodsdesign/wanakana ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) moodsdesign/wanakana ==================== JS library for Japanese input and kana/romaji conversion 1.3.10(9y ago)070MITHTML Since Mar 1Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/fmestrone/WanaKana)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/moodsdesign/wanakana)[ RSS](/packages/moodsdesign-wanakana/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (12)Versions (2)Used By (0) [ ![NPM package](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3190f93d518c1c0a7aabf62e1faa318634e97e190ae26bacc2ff3ac17deae4af/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6e706d2f762f77616e616b616e612e737667) ](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wanakana) [ ![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2c4b55ecc885a47e566d4d24cb6293569eee9e734288f71b94fc13b9445c95dd/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f57616e694b616e692f57616e614b616e612e737667) ](https://travis-ci.org/WaniKani/WanaKana) [ ![Test Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9aa7f7d8cba5c2273eb9312f97a6146fa9eac8033d364471da8606efeddb81c0/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f766572616c6c732f57616e694b616e692f57616e614b616e612e737667) ](https://coveralls.io/github/WaniKani/WanaKana) ワナカナ <--> WanaKana <--> わなかな ======================================== [](#ワナカナ----wanakana----わなかな) #### Javascript utility library for checking and converting between Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, and Romaji [](#javascript-utility-library-for-checking-and-converting-between-kanji-hiragana-katakana-and-romaji) Demo ---- [](#demo) Visit the [website](http://www.wanakana.com) to see WanaKana in action. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) [Extended API reference](http://www.wanakana.com/docs/global.html) Quick Start ----------- [](#quick-start) #### Install [](#install) ``` yarn add wanakana # alternatively: npm install wanakana ``` #### Or to get the minified browser (umd) bundle [](#or-to-get-the-minified-browser-umd-bundle) #### HTML: [](#html) ``` const textInput = document.querySelector('#wanakana-input'); wanakana.bind(textInput); // uses IMEMode toKana() as default ``` #### JavaScript: [](#javascript) ``` /* UMD/CommonJS */ const wanakana = require('wanakana'); /* ES modules */ import wanakana from 'wanakana'; // with destructuring import { toKana, isRomaji } from 'wanakana'; // or directly reference single methods for smaller builds: import isKanji from 'wanakana/isKanji'; /*** DEFAULT OPTIONS ***/ { // Use obsolete kana characters, such as ゐ and ゑ. useObsoleteKana: false, // Pass through romaji when using toKatakana() or toHiragana() passRomaji: false, // Convert katakana to uppercase when using toRomaji() upcaseKatakana: false, // Convert characters from a text input while being typed. IMEMode: false, // alternatives are: true, 'toHiragana', or 'toKatakana' } /*** DOM HELPERS ***/ // Automatically converts text using an eventListener on input // bind() uses option: { IMEMode: true } with `toKana()` by default // Alternatives are: 'toHiragana' or 'toKatakana' to enforce kana type wanakana.bind(domElement [, options]); // Removes event listener wanakana.unbind(domElement); /*** TEXT CHECKING UTILITIES ***/ wanakana.isJapanese('泣き虫。！〜２￥') // => true wanakana.isKana('あーア') // => true wanakana.isHiragana('げーむ') // => true wanakana.isKatakana('ゲーム') // => true wanakana.isKanji('切腹') // => true wanakana.isMixed('お腹A') // => true wanakana.isRomaji('Tōkyō and Ōsaka') // => true /* * toKana notes: * Lowercase -> Hiragana. * Uppercase -> Katakana. * Non-romaji and _English_ punctuation is passed through: 123 @#$% * Limited Japanese equivalent punctuation is converted: * !?.:/,~-‘’“”[](){} * ！？。：・、〜ー「」『』［］（）｛｝ */ wanakana.toKana('ONAJI buttsuuji') // => 'オナジ ぶっつうじ' wanakana.toKana('座禅‘zazen’スタイル') // => '座禅「ざぜん」スタイル' wanakana.toKana('batsuge-mu') // => 'ばつげーむ' wanakana.toHiragana('toukyou, オオサカ') // => 'とうきょう、　おおさか' wanakana.toHiragana('only カナ', { passRomaji: true }) // => 'only かな' wanakana.toHiragana('wi', { useObsoleteKana: true }) // => 'ゐ' wanakana.toKatakana('toukyou, おおさか') // => 'トウキョウ、　オオサカ' wanakana.toKatakana('only かな', { passRomaji: true }) // => 'only カナ' wanakana.toKatakana('wi', { useObsoleteKana: true }) // => 'ヰ' wanakana.toRomaji('ひらがな　カタカナ') // => 'hiragana katakana' wanakana.toRomaji('ひらがな　カタカナ', { upcaseKatakana: true }) // => 'hiragana KATAKANA' /*** EXTRA UTILITIES ***/ wanakana.stripOkurigana('お祝い') // => 'お祝' wanakana.stripOkurigana('踏み込む') // => '踏み込' wanakana.stripOkurigana('踏み込む', { all: true }) // => '踏込' wanakana.tokenize('ふふフフ') // => ['ふふ', 'フフ'] wanakana.tokenize('感じ') // => ['感', 'じ'] wanakana.tokenize('I said "私は悲しい"') // => ['I said "','私', 'は', '悲', 'しい', '"'] ``` Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) Contributors ------------ [](#contributors) - [Mims H. Wright](https://github.com/mimshwright) – Author - [Duncan Bay](https://github.com/DJTB) – Author - [James McNamee](https://github.com/dotfold) – Contributor Credits ------- [](#credits) Project sponsored by [Tofugu](http://www.tofugu.com) & [WaniKani](http://www.wanikani.com) Ports ----- [](#ports) The following are ports created by the community: - Java ([MasterKale/WanaKanaJava](https://github.com/MasterKale/WanaKanaJava)) ### Health Score 29 — LowBetter than 60% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity8 Limited adoption so far Community15 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity63 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. 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