This tool converts between simplified and traditional Chinese Characters. It consists of two parts:
- a command line tool:
hanzi-convert- a python library:
hanziconv
This module supports both Python 2 and 3
$ pip install hanziconv$ [sudo] pip uninstall hanziconv$ ./hanzi-convert --help usage: hanzi-convert [-h] [-o OUTFILE] [-s] [-v] infile Simplified and Traditional Chinese Character Conversion Version 0.3.2 (By Bernard Yue) Converting to Traditional Hanzi by default with no -s flag positional arguments: infile filename | "-", corresponds to stdin optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -o OUTFILE, --output OUTFILE filename to save output, stdout if omitted -s, --simplified convert to simplified characters -v, --version show program's version number and exitConversion from stdin
$ ./hanzi-convert - Press Crtl-D when finished Typing away Now write some chinese characters 繁简转换器 ^D Typing away Now write some chinese characters 繁簡轉換器 $>>> from hanziconv import HanziConv >>> print(HanziConv.toSimplified('繁簡轉換器')) 繁简转换器 >>> print(HanziConv.toTraditional('繁简转换器')) 繁簡轉換器 >>> HanziConv.same('繁簡轉換器', '繁简转换器') TrueThe module uses pytest. Use pip to install pytest.
$ [sudo] pip install pytestThen checkout source code and run test as normal.
$ git clone https://github.com/berniey/hanziconv $ cd hanziconv $ python setup.py testYou are encouraged to use virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper for to avoid changing your currently operating environment.
This module is distributed under Apache License Version 2.0.
The character map used in this module is based on the Multi-function Chinese Character Database developed by Chinese University of Hong Kong.