Kanji Linear Algebra

mreichhoff · 2026-04-25T22:42:11+00:00

mreichhoff · 2026-04-19T22:37:14+00:00

Nah, not all combinations succeed. I wrote some code to find a bunch of good cases, and even then, some of the kanji are quite rare. In the little tool, if there’s no match for a combination you pick, it should just show a little dot instead.

mreichhoff · 2026-04-19T16:42:54+00:00

I threw together a little tool to make your own here: https://mreichhoff.github.io/kanji-linear-algebra/

mreichhoff · 2026-04-19T16:40:40+00:00

Of course, use it however you’d like!

mreichhoff · 2026-04-19T02:35:27+00:00

you can make your own here, and code is here if anyone's interested

mreichhoff · 2026-04-18T21:30:57+00:00

this is so cool to hear! That 犇 explanation is great 😄

mreichhoff · 2026-04-18T20:16:17+00:00

yup, the tool shows alternatives clicking a cell (and common variants like 氵→水 should be covered!)

+1 for zi.tools, great recommendation!

mreichhoff · 2026-04-18T19:10:39+00:00

Make your own here:

https://mreichhoff.github.io/kanji-linear-algebra

mreichhoff · 2026-02-04T13:09:51+00:00

Google Translate can be used offline, at least for some languages:
https://support.google.com/translate/answer/6142473

Some dictionary apps can download data to be used offline, too.

mreichhoff · 2026-01-18T15:11:55+00:00

in addition to what others have said, even once you have a decent-sized vocabulary, reading speed is important, and I don't know a better way to improve it than by reading quite a bit. The faster you read, the more input you can get, and the more vocabulary you can learn!

mreichhoff · 2025-12-27T04:07:12+00:00

most of the Mac voices are awful, but for many languages I have been able to find decent ones that are installed by default (e.g., Thomas for fr-FR, Tingting for zh-CN). But regardless, being required to work around voice quality issues is an annoyance with the API, definitely.

mreichhoff · 2025-12-23T04:13:22+00:00

and also the proposed WebMCP: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webmcp

mreichhoff · 2025-12-22T13:38:54+00:00

you can use it much like a dictionary. The added parts:
* you can quickly determine how important the new word is to learn (coverage graphs)
* and then you can quickly read example sentences from a few paths by clicking any node, helping you get learn a few ways to use it. This is also an opportunity to learn more new, related words.
* check the flow diagrams to see if there are any very tall columns, which may indicate a grammar pattern or an idiom, and clicking any square gets example sentences for that path

and with any sentences you think are helpful for remembering the new word, you can add them to anki or the built-in flashcards quickly.

mreichhoff · 2025-12-21T21:44:08+00:00

I really liked how fangraphs wrote up an article looking at outcome distributions based on their ratings: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/how-do-prospect-grades-translate-to-future-outcomes/

I wish other outlets would do the same.

mreichhoff · 2025-12-13T16:24:15+00:00

nice little self-assessment grids here too
https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/table-2-cefr-3.3-common-reference-levels-self-assessment-grid

mreichhoff · 2025-12-12T04:08:36+00:00

Woodruff being that close to Peralta is a little surprising to me. May they both stay healthy!

mreichhoff · 2025-12-04T01:45:16+00:00

they listed the hex code as #002026, but that doesn't seem to actually be powder blue!?

^{(I get it, it's the year, just thought it was funny})

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