Integrated Chinese Software
ChineseWriter11
Packaged products
Text Input & Dictionaries
I want to purchase language learning software
Offline environment
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Supports input tailored to your level, from beginner to expert!
Equipped with 6 types of digital dictionaries, including the "Shogakukan Japanese-Chinese Dictionary 3rd Edition" and "Unicode Version Chinese-Japanese Dictionary 3rd Edition," you can also search for trendy words and slang using the
sub-window display function and online dictionary integration.
In addition, we have enhanced the Kanji Pinyin conversion plus and ruby annotation functions,
providing a variety of convenient features for creating educational materials and content.
sub-window display function and online dictionary integration.
In addition, we have enhanced the Kanji Pinyin conversion plus and ruby annotation functions,
providing a variety of convenient features for creating educational materials and content.
Purchase at the online shopRecommended for these users
- For those who want to create Chinese text easily and efficiently
- In addition to Chinese input via Pinyin, it supports input methods suited to your level, from beginner to expert, such as "handwriting input," "Hiragana input," "Katakana input," and "Japanese-Chinese translation anywhere."
- For those who create teaching materials and learning content
- While adding Pinyin ruby to kanji is very important when creating teaching materials, it is also a very time-consuming task.
You can efficiently add or split Pinyin with tone marks using the "Kanji Pinyin Conversion Plus" feature or Word/Excel add-in features. - For those who want to learn Chinese
- In addition to six types of digital dictionaries, it also links to online dictionaries, allowing you to easily search for buzzwords and more.
Furthermore, it can read words and sentences aloud with high-quality synthesized speech, which is useful for strengthening listening skills.
"Learning Premium" is equipped with "Test Preparation Lessons" and "Tone Master" for learning Chinese intonation, which is very effective for improving overall language proficiency.
Features and Benefits
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Convenient and versatile features for Japanese speakers
Toolbar (Simplified Chinese)Supports Simplified/Traditional Chinese and Cantonese.
You can easily input text even if you don't know Pinyin, and create high-quality documents. -
Six types of digital dictionaries and online dictionary integration
Chinese Digital Multi-DictionaryYou can search using 6 types of dictionaries, including Chinese-Japanese, Japanese-Chinese, and Chinese-Chinese dictionaries.
You can also easily search for new words and buzzwords, register words and example sentences, and have them read aloud using the text-to-speech tool. -
Kanji Pinyin conversion and character conversion
Kanji Pinyin Conversion PlusYou can convert Chinese to Pinyin and switch between Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Additionally, the add-in feature for adding ruby text in Word is now also available in Excel. -
"Learning Premium" useful for obtaining certifications
Tone MasterYou can use "Test Preparation Lessons" to prepare for the Chinese Proficiency Test (levels 4, 3, and sub-4) and "Tone Master," which allows you to visually check the intonation unique to Chinese and practice your pronunciation.
Instructional Videos
Customer Reviews
- I am making good use of the Chinese input and dictionary functions. The handwriting input also has a high recognition rate, making it very easy to use. (Mr./Ms. S, Tokyo)
- The input, dictionary, and other learning support tools are very convenient, and I am satisfied with them.
In particular, the dictionary's audio recordings, which far surpass those of other companies' electronic dictionaries, are very helpful for my studies. (Mr./Ms. S, Shiga Prefecture) - I am using it to write my doctoral dissertation on Chinese. (Mr./Ms. Y, Overseas)
- I was very helped by the prompt response to my inquiry. (Mr./Ms. I, Hokkaido)
- I have been studying Chinese since my retirement, and it has been very useful. (Mr./Ms. Y, Okinawa Prefecture)
- There are sometimes Chinese names of people or places with characters not found in dictionaries, and I have had trouble looking them up and typing them with a word processor until now.
I haven't even started learning Chinese yet, but I would like to start learning the basics from now on. (Mr./Ms. Y, Chiba Prefecture) - I have been using it for about 20 years since version 1. It is a very important piece of software for me.
I look forward to you continuing to enhance it to make it even easier to use. (Mr./Ms. A, Osaka Prefecture)
A ChineseWriter user has won the 34th All-Japan Chinese Speech Contest!
At the 34th All-Japan Chinese Speech Contest Osaka Prefectural Tournament, hosted by the NPO Osaka Japan-China Friendship Association (*1) and held at the Osaka Scout Hall on October 22, 2016, Mr. Shigeru Kamura (pictured on the right), a fan of our integrated Chinese language software "ChineseWriter," delivered a wonderful speech in the "Recitation Category" and won the championship.
*1 NPO Osaka Japan-China Friendship Association
The NPO Osaka Japan-China Friendship Association is an organization that carries out a variety of activities with the goal of "deepening mutual understanding and friendship between the two countries, and contributing to peace and prosperity in Asia and the world."
The association is also a member organization of the Japan-China Friendship Association (Public Interest Incorporated Association) and is composed of individual, group, and corporate members from the Osaka Prefecture Japan-China direct members and 15 city/town Japan-China friendship associations (abbreviated as "district associations") within Osaka Prefecture.
The NPO Osaka Japan-China Friendship Association is an organization that carries out a variety of activities with the goal of "deepening mutual understanding and friendship between the two countries, and contributing to peace and prosperity in Asia and the world."
The association is also a member organization of the Japan-China Friendship Association (Public Interest Incorporated Association) and is composed of individual, group, and corporate members from the Osaka Prefecture Japan-China direct members and 15 city/town Japan-China friendship associations (abbreviated as "district associations") within Osaka Prefecture.
Specifications
Feature List
| Features |
Overview |
Standard | Learning Premium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anytime, Anywhere Japanese-Chinese Translation | Translate up to 128 Japanese characters into Chinese and transfer them to the cursor position | ◯ | ◯ | |
| Kanji Pinyin Conversion Plus | Translate from Japanese to Chinese, convert Chinese to Pinyin, and add Pinyin ruby. | ◯ | ◯ | |
| Chinese Navi | Import Japanese or Chinese text from applications to perform kanji conversion, dictionary searches, and check Chinese pronunciations. | ◯ | ◯ | |
| Example Sentence Master | Includes approximately 5,600 Chinese example sentences. Enter Japanese in the blank field to translate into Chinese. | ◯ | ◯ | |
| Chinese Pad | An editor that can convert Chinese character codes and character types. | ◯ | ◯ | |
| Chinese Digital Multi-Dictionary | Word Search | Search across 3 Japanese-Chinese, 4 Chinese-Japanese, and 1 Chinese-Chinese dictionary. | ◯ | ◯ |
| Example Sentence Search | Search and display example sentences containing specific words from two types of dictionaries (Shogakukan/Taishukan). AND searches with multiple keywords are also possible. | ◯ | ◯ | |
| Idiom Search | Search for idioms (such as four-character idioms) containing specific words from two types of Chinese-Japanese dictionaries (Shogakukan/Taishukan). | ◯ | ◯ | |
| Search History | Display up to 1,000 search results in the history. | ◯ | ◯ | |
| My Vocabulary List | Save up to 2,000 words. | ◯ | ◯ | |
| Related Articles/Columns | Display special expressions and images included in the Shogakukan Japanese-Chinese Dictionary 3rd Edition and Chinese-Japanese Dictionary 2nd Edition in a browser. | ◯ | ◯ | |
| Online Dictionary Integration | Search on dictionary websites on the internet | ◯ | ◯ | |
| Speech Synthesis | Read Chinese aloud using speech synthesis | ◯ | ◯ | |
| Add-in | Compatible with Microsoft Word/Excel 2024/2021/2019/2016 | ◯ | ◯ | |
| User Manual | Display detailed operation instructions and support contact information in a PDF file | ◯ | ◯ | |
| Tone Master | A tool that allows you to visually compare the tones of user voice input from a microphone with native speaker audio | × | ◯ | |
| Test Preparation Lessons | Learning program compatible with the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK/Chuken) levels 4, 4, and 3 | × | ◯ | |
Operating Environment/Specifications
| Item | Overview |
|---|---|
| OS |
Windows 11 (64-bit) / Windows 10 (32-bit/64-bit) Japanese version Not supported in applications running on the Modern UI |
| Supported PCs | A PC on which the above OS operates normally |
| Hard Disk (for full installation) | ChineseWriter11 Standard: Approx. 2.4GB |
| ChineseWriter11 Learning Premium: Approx. 2.8GB | |
| Network environment | After installing the product, license activation via an internet connection is required. |
| Provided media | ChineseWriter11 Standard: 1 DVD-ROM |
| ChineseWriter11 Learning Premium: 1 DVD-ROM + 1 CD-ROM *A DVD-ROM drive is required for installation. | |
| Supported applications | GB18030/BIG5 code: Applications that support multiple languages. CW code: Applications that allow font specification and display in input areas, such as word processors, spreadsheets, and graphic software. |
| Learning dictionary | Shogakukan Japanese-Chinese Dictionary 3rd Edition (approx. 95,000 entries, approx. 150,000 examples) |
| Shogakukan Chinese-Japanese Dictionary 2nd Edition (13,500 head characters, 100,000 entries, 90,000 examples) Native audio (headwords for Chinese-Japanese dictionary) approx. 6,800 | |
| Unicode Version Chinese-Japanese Grand Dictionary 3rd Edition (Number of head characters: approx. 10,000, total entries: approx. 114,000, number of examples: approx. 99,000) | |
| Chinese New Words and Business Terms Dictionary Electronic Version Ver. 3.0 (approx. 17,000 words) | |
| Nippon Kogyo Shuppan Co., Ltd. Japanese-Chinese-English Technical Terms Handbook (approx. 8,500 words) | |
| Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House Modern Chinese Dictionary (Chinese-Chinese dictionary) (approx. 15,000 head characters, approx. 100,000 idioms, total of 8.5 million characters) | |
| Handwriting input engine | Beijing Sinovoice Technology Co., Ltd. "Chinese Handwriting Input Engine" Supported code: GB18030 |
| Chinese speech synthesis | HOYA Corporation "VoiceText" |
| Audio playback | Requires built-in speakers or speakers connected to the speaker terminal |
| Voice input | * A microphone terminal and microphone are required when inputting audio for the Tone Master feature in ChineseWriter11 Learning Premium |
* Not compatible with applications running on the Modern UI.
* Not compatible with the Office Store app version.
* GB18030-IME and BIG5-IME support input in applications that support multiple languages.
* Characters exceeding the GBK range can be entered from the code table.
* GB2312-compatible fonts cannot correctly display all GB18030 code characters.
* Pinyin-enabled fonts support the input and display of characters belonging to GB2312.
* The translation function included in the ChineseWriter11 series is based on machine translation and does not guarantee correct translations at all times.
* Chinese audio is synthesized speech and does not guarantee correct pronunciation at all times.
* The "Unicode Version Chinese-Japanese Dictionary 3rd Edition" is a re-edited version of the book "Chinese-Japanese Dictionary 3rd Edition" within the range that can be displayed in Unicode.
* This product is a 1-user license that can be used by only one user.
* Unauthorized copying or illegal use of this product is prohibited.
* To receive user support and information on special offers for new products, you must register as a user within 30 days after installation.
* To use this product, you must perform license activation via the Internet within 14 days of the first startup.
If you do not perform license activation, you can only use it for 14 days after installation.
* Not compatible with the Office Store app version.
* GB18030-IME and BIG5-IME support input in applications that support multiple languages.
* Characters exceeding the GBK range can be entered from the code table.
* GB2312-compatible fonts cannot correctly display all GB18030 code characters.
* Pinyin-enabled fonts support the input and display of characters belonging to GB2312.
* The translation function included in the ChineseWriter11 series is based on machine translation and does not guarantee correct translations at all times.
* Chinese audio is synthesized speech and does not guarantee correct pronunciation at all times.
* The "Unicode Version Chinese-Japanese Dictionary 3rd Edition" is a re-edited version of the book "Chinese-Japanese Dictionary 3rd Edition" within the range that can be displayed in Unicode.
* This product is a 1-user license that can be used by only one user.
* Unauthorized copying or illegal use of this product is prohibited.
* To receive user support and information on special offers for new products, you must register as a user within 30 days after installation.
* To use this product, you must perform license activation via the Internet within 14 days of the first startup.
If you do not perform license activation, you can only use it for 14 days after installation.
Price
| Product Name | Model Number | Package Version Price | Download Version Price |
|---|---|---|---|
 ChineseWriter11Standard |
CW11-STDDL | - | 24,200 yen (tax included) Purchase from online shop |
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ChineseWriter11 Standard Academic |
CW11-SACDL | - | 19,800 yen (tax included) Purchase from online shop |
 ChineseWriter11Learning Premium |
CW11-PRMDL | - | 27,500 yen (tax included) Purchase from online shop |
|
ChineseWriter11 Learning Premium Academic |
CW11-PACDL | - | 25,300 JPY (tax included) Purchase from the online shop |
If you are using it on 5 or more PCs, we also offer
cost-effective license products.
cost-effective license products.
Eligibility for Academic Software
Educational institutions
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The following national, public, and private primary and secondary educational institutions as defined by the School Education Act
Kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, secondary schools, and special needs schools
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The following national, public, and private higher education institutions as defined by the School Education Act
Universities (including junior colleges, graduate schools, and the Open University of Japan), colleges of technology, specialized training colleges, and vocational schools
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Various schools with school corporation status as defined by the School Education Act
International schools, etc.
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Public vocational training facilities and vocational training corporations as stipulated in the Human Resources Development Promotion Act
Vocational training schools, polytechnic colleges, polytechnic universities (including the Institute of Polytechnic Development), vocational training centers, vocational training schools for persons with disabilities, etc.
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Rehabilitation facilities for persons with physical disabilities established under the Act on Welfare of Physically Disabled Persons, and other rehabilitation facilities established under other welfare laws
Rehabilitation facilities for persons with physical disabilities, rehabilitation facilities for persons with visual impairments, rehabilitation facilities for persons with hearing/speech impairments, and rehabilitation facilities for persons with internal impairments
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Universities and colleges established by national and local governments
Local Autonomy College, National Defense Academy, National Police Academy, Meteorological College, Civil Aviation College, Japan Marine Science Inc., National Fisheries University, Agricultural College, etc.
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Inter-university research institutes
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, National Institute of Polar Research, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, National Institute of Japanese Literature, National Institute of Genetics, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, etc.
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The following public institutions and public facilities
Boards of Education, Education Centers, Educational Research Institutes, Libraries, Museums, Art Museums, National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education, National Center for University Entrance Examinations
Individual
- Students, pupils, and faculty/staff belonging to the educational institutions mentioned above.
Revised: October 8, 2010
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Special Offer Information
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This service allows users who own older Kodensha products to purchase related software at an affordable price.
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