# Wakana — Adding Pinyin and Zhuyin

> Adding Pinyin and Zhuyin (iPhone/iPad app by Daichi Kato.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wakana/id6748803308 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Daichi Kato](https://appshunter.io/developer/1658554826)
- Category: Utilities, Reference
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 79 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-07-21
- Data updated: 2026-05-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wakana/id6748803308/reviews.md

## What is Wakana?

Main Features
Font customization
Display of kanji pronunciation in the specified language (ruby)
Mutual conversion between Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Shinjitai
Dictionary function by clicking words
Recommended especially for language learners, translators, researchers of Japanese/Chinese, and language enthusiasts.

■ Freely selectable display fonts:

Handwritten-style font
Pixel-style font

■ Display of kanji pronunciation (ruby function)
It is possible to add ruby above kanji:

Mandarin (Standard Chinese / Putonghua)
Cantonese
Taiwanese (Taipei / Tainan style)
Japanese
Korean
Sino-Vietnamese (Vietnamese readings)

■ Ruby notation formats:

Pinyin alphabet
Zhuyin symbols (Bopomofo)
Hiragana
Katakana
Hangul

■ Tone mark display
Tone marks can be set to "on / off".

■ Character form conversion function
Conversion is possible to the following character types:

Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Shinjitai

■ Word highlighting
Background color is added to converted words for visual clarity.

■ Dictionary function
Click dictionary: Clicking a word displays its translation in the specified language as a pop-up.

■ Example of customization
You can freely combine options such as:
"Japanese kun-yomi + Zhuyin (Taiwan) + Simplified Chinese + Handwritten-style font"


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0.0 — 2025-07-22

No release notes.

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