漢字 Kanji Word Index

See every word in your deck that shares a kanji, grouped by reading. Companion add-on for the Genki + Tobira deck (DE/EN, note type Japanese).

✨ What you get

Tap a kanji on a card → the popup shows, next to stroke order and kanji info, a block "Words with 東":

• トウ (11) — 東京 · 東洋 · 東北 …
• ひがし (2) — 東 · 東口

Each word comes with its reading, meaning (DE or EN) and the chapter it was learned in (e.g. G1·6, T·9). The word on the current card is highlighted, and only three words per reading are shown at first — the rest unfolds with one tap.

書 stamp: Words you should be able to write according to the curriculum of Japanese Studies (Japanologie) at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg — Genki kanji lessons, Tobira 漢字RW and Radikal漢字 — get a faint 書 stamp in the list.

Guide card: The deck starts with a short guide. Its button "Got it · put away" suspends the guide card. On the computer this button needs the add-on (without it: press @). AnkiDroid does it without the add-on; on iPhone, suspend the card from the card menu.

⚙️ How it works

1. Reads all notes with the fields Expression and Reading (plus Bedeutung / Meaning for the translations).
2. Aligns each kanji with its reading inside the word (rendaku, gemination and okurigana are handled).
3. Marks words from the kanji lessons by their chapter tags.
4. Writes the result to _kvw.js in your media folder.
5. The card template loads that file when you open the popup.

It runs on startup, before every sync and a few seconds after you add or edit notes. You can also trigger it manually: Tools → Update kanji word index now. The menu is available in German and English.

📱 Phone users

No add-on is needed on AnkiDroid or iOS.

The index is an ordinary media file, so it arrives through sync. The deck already ships with an index of its current words — the add-on only keeps it up to date. Words you add only on the phone show up after the next desktop sync.

🧰 Setup

• Import the deck first (the add-on uses the bundled _kvi_*.js files to assign readings).
• Install the add-on, restart Anki, done.
• Updating from an older version: run Tools → Update kanji word index now once and sync, so your phone gets the new index too.
• In the card settings (slider icon, top right) you can switch on/off: Words with this kanji and 書 stamp in word list.

🔒 Privacy & license

Pure code, no network access, nothing leaves your computer. Stroke data and kanji info in the deck come from KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA).

Made for learners — feedback and bug reports welcome.