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1<?xml version="1.0"?>
2<!DOCTYPE kanjidic2 [
3<!-- Version 1.3
4	This is the DTD of the XML-format kanji file combining information from
5	the KANJIDIC and KANJD212 files. It is intended to be largely self-
6	documenting, with each field being accompanied by an explanatory
7	comment.
8
9	The file covers the following kanji:
10	(a) the 6,355 kanji from JIS X 0208;
11	(b) the 5,801 kanji from JIS X 0212;
12	(c) the 3,625 kanji from JIS X 0213 as follows:
13		(i) the 2,741 kanji which are also in JIS X 0212 have
14		JIS X 0213 code-points (kuten) added to the existing entry;
15		(ii) the 884 "new" kanji have new entries.
16
17	At the end of the explanation for a number of fields there is a tag
18	with the format [N]. This indicates the leading letter(s) of the
19	equivalent field in the KANJIDIC and KANJD212 files.
20
21	The KANJIDIC documentation should also be read for additional
22	information about the information in the file.
23	--><!ELEMENT kanjidic2 (header , character*)>
24<!ELEMENT header (file_version , database_version , date_of_creation)>
25<!--
26	The single header element will contain identification information
27	about the version of the file
28	--><!ELEMENT file_version (#PCDATA)>
29<!--
30	This field denotes the version of kanjidic2 structure, as more
31	than one version may exist.
32	--><!ELEMENT database_version (#PCDATA)>
33<!--
34	The version of the file, in the format YYYY-NN, where NN will be
35	a number starting with 01 for the first version released in a
36	calendar year, then increasing for each version in that year.
37	--><!ELEMENT date_of_creation (#PCDATA)>
38<!--
39	The date the file was created in international format (YYYY-MM-DD).
40	--><!ELEMENT character (literal , codepoint , radical , misc , dic_number? , query_code? , reading_meaning? , nanori?)*>
41<!ELEMENT literal (#PCDATA)>
42<!--
43	The character itself in UTF8 coding.
44	--><!ELEMENT codepoint (cp_value)+>
45<!--
46	The codepoint element states the code of the character in the various
47	character set standards.
48	--><!ELEMENT cp_value (#PCDATA)>
49<!--
50	The cp_value contains the codepoint of the character in a particular
51	standard. The standard will be identified in the cp_type attribute.
52	--><!ATTLIST cp_value cp_type CDATA #REQUIRED>
53<!--
54	The cp_type attribute states the coding standard applying to the
55	element. The values assigned so far are:
56		jis208 - JIS X 0208-1997 - kuten coding (nn-nn)
57		jis212 - JIS X 0212-1990 - kuten coding (nn-nn)
58		jis213 - JIS X 0213-2000 - kuten coding (p-nn-nn)
59		ucs - Unicode 4.0 - hex coding (4 or 5 hexadecimal digits)
60	--><!ELEMENT radical (rad_value)+>
61<!ELEMENT rad_value (#PCDATA)>
62<!--
63	The radical number, in the range 1 to 214. The particular
64	classification type is stated in the rad_type attribute.
65	--><!ATTLIST rad_value rad_type CDATA #REQUIRED>
66<!--
67	The rad_type attribute states the type of radical classification.
68		classical - as recorded in the KangXi Zidian.
69		nelson - as used in the Nelson "Modern Japanese-English
70		Character Dictionary" (i.e. the Classic, not the New Nelson).
71		This will only be used where Nelson reclassified the kanji.
72	--><!ELEMENT misc (grade? , stroke_count+ , variant* , freq* , rad_name*)>
73<!ELEMENT grade (#PCDATA)>
74<!--
75	The Jouyou Kanji grade level. 1 through 6 indicate the grade in which
76	the kanji is taught in Japanese schools. 8 indicates it is one of the
77	remaining Jouyou Kanji to be learned in junior high school, and 9
78	indicates it is a Jinmeiyou (for use in names) kanji. [G]
79	--><!ELEMENT stroke_count (#PCDATA)>
80<!--
81	The stroke count of the kanji, including the radical. If more than
82	one, the first is considered the accepted count, while subsequent ones
83	are common miscounts. (See Appendix E. of the KANJIDIC documentation
84	for some of the rules applied when counting strokes in some of the
85	radicals.) [S]
86	--><!ELEMENT variant (#PCDATA)>
87<!--
88	A cross-reference code to another kanji, usually regarded as a variant.
89	The type of cross-reference is given in the var_type attribute.
90	--><!ATTLIST variant var_type CDATA #REQUIRED>
91<!--
92	The var_type attribute indicates the type of variant code. The current
93	values are:
94		jis208 - in JIS X 0208 - kuten coding
95		jis212 - in JIS X 0212 - kuten coding
96		jis213 - in JIS X 0213 - kuten coding
97		deroo - De Roo number - numeric
98		njecd - Halpern NJECD index number - numeric
99		s_h - The Kanji Dictionary (Spahn & Hadamitzky) - descriptor
100		nelson - "Classic" Nelson - numeric
101		oneill - Japanese Names (O'Neill) - numeric
102	--><!ELEMENT freq (#PCDATA)>
103<!--
104	A frequency-of-use ranking. The 2,500 most-used characters have a
105	ranking; those characters that lack this field are not ranked. The
106	frequency is a number from 1 to 2,500 that expresses the relative
107	frequency of occurrence of a character in modern Japanese. This is
108	based on a survey in newspapers, so it is biassed towards kanji
109	used in newspaper articles. The discrimination between the less
110	frequently used kanji is not strong.
111	--><!ELEMENT rad_name (#PCDATA)>
112<!--
113	When the kanji is itself a radical and has a name, this element
114	contains the name (in hiragana.) [T2]
115	--><!ELEMENT dic_number (dic_ref)+>
116<!--
117	This element contains the index numbers and similar unstructured
118	information such as page numbers in a number of published dictionaries,
119	and instructional books on kanji.
120	--><!ELEMENT dic_ref (#PCDATA)>
121<!--
122	Each dic_ref contains an index number. The particular dictionary,
123	etc. is defined by the dr_type attribute.
124	--><!ATTLIST dic_ref dr_type CDATA #REQUIRED>
125<!--
126	The dr_type defines the dictionary or reference book, etc. to which
127	dic_ref element applies. The initial allocation is:
128	  nelson_c - "Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary",
129	  	edited by Andrew Nelson (now published as the "Classic"
130	  	Nelson).
131	  nelson_n - "The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary",
132	  	edited by John Haig.
133	  halpern_njecd - "New Japanese-English Character Dictionary",
134	  	edited by Jack Halpern.
135	  halpern_kkld - "Kanji Learners Dictionary" (Kodansha) edited by
136	  	Jack Halpern.
137	  heisig - "Remembering The  Kanji"  by  James Heisig.
138	  gakken - "A  New Dictionary of Kanji Usage" (Gakken)
139	  oneill_names - "Japanese Names", by P.G. O'Neill.
140	  oneill_kk - "Essential Kanji" by P.G. O'Neill.
141	  moro - "Daikanwajiten" compiled by Morohashi. For some kanji two
142	  	additional attributes are used: m_vol:  the volume of the
143	  	dictionary in which the kanji is found, and m_page: the page
144	  	number in the volume.
145	  henshall - "A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters" by
146	  	Kenneth G.  Henshall.
147	  sh_kk - "Kanji and Kana" by Spahn and Hadamitzky.
148	  sakade - "A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" edited by
149	  	Florence Sakade.
150	  henshall3 - "A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" 3rd
151		edition, edited by Henshall, Seeley and De Groot.
152	  tutt_cards - Tuttle Kanji Cards, compiled by Alexander Kask.
153	  crowley - "The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power" by
154	  	Dale Crowley.
155	  kanji_in_context - "Kanji in Context" by Nishiguchi and Kono.
156	  busy_people - "Japanese For Busy People" vols I-III, published
157		by the AJLT. The codes are the volume.chapter.
158	  kodansha_compact - the "Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide".
159	--><!ATTLIST dic_ref m_vol CDATA #IMPLIED>
160<!--
161	See above under "moro".
162	--><!ATTLIST dic_ref m_page CDATA #IMPLIED>
163<!--
164	See above under "moro".
165	--><!ELEMENT query_code (q_code)+>
166<!--
167	These codes contain information relating to the glyph, and can be used
168	for finding a required kanji. The type of code is defined by the
169	qc_type attribute.
170	--><!ELEMENT q_code (#PCDATA)>
171<!--
172	The q_code contains the actual query-code value, according to the
173	qc_type attribute.
174	--><!ATTLIST q_code qc_type CDATA #REQUIRED>
175<!--
176	The q_code attribute defines the type of query code. The current values
177	are:
178	  skip -  Halpern's SKIP (System  of  Kanji  Indexing  by  Patterns)
179	  	code. The  format is n-nn-nn.  See the KANJIDIC  documentation
180	  	for  a description of the code and restrictions on  the
181	  	commercial  use  of this data. [P]
182
183	  sh_desc - the descriptor codes for The Kanji Dictionary (Tuttle
184	  	1996) by Spahn and Hadamitzky. They are in the form nxnn.n,
185	  	e.g.  3k11.2, where the  kanji has 3 strokes in the
186	  	identifying radical, it is radical "k" in the SH
187	  	classification system, there are 11 other strokes, and it is
188	  	the 2nd kanji in the 3k11 sequence. (I am very grateful to
189	  	Mark Spahn for providing the list of these descriptor codes
190	  	for the kanji in this file.) [I]
191	  four_corner - the "Four Corner" code for the kanji. This is a code
192	  	invented by Wang Chen in 1928. See the KANJIDIC documentation
193	  	for  an overview of  the Four Corner System. [Q]
194
195	  deroo - the codes developed by the late Father Joseph De Roo, and
196	  	published in  his book "2001 Kanji" (Bojinsha). Fr De Roo
197	  	gave his permission for these codes to be included. [DR]
198	  misclass - a possible misclassification of the kanji according
199		to one of the code types. (See the "Z" codes in the KANJIDIC
200		documentation for more details.)
201
202	--><!ELEMENT reading_meaning (rmgroup* , nanori*)>
203<!--
204	The readings for the kanji in several languages, and the meanings, also
205	in several languages. The readings and meanings are grouped to enable
206	the handling of the situation where the meaning is differentiated by
207	reading. [T1]
208	--><!ELEMENT nanori (#PCDATA)>
209<!--
210	Japanese readings that are now only associated with names.
211	--><!ELEMENT rmgroup (reading* , meaning*)>
212<!ELEMENT reading (#PCDATA)>
213<!--
214	The reading element contains the reading or pronunciation
215	of the kanji.
216	--><!ATTLIST reading r_type CDATA #REQUIRED>
217<!--
218	The r_type attribute defines the type of reading in the reading
219	element. The current values are:
220	  pinyin - the modern PinYin romanization of the Chinese reading
221	  	of the kanji. The tones are represented by a concluding
222	  	digit. [Y]
223	  korean_r - the romanized form of the Korean reading(s) of the
224	  	kanji.  The readings are in the (Republic of Korea) Ministry
225	  	of Education style of romanization. [W]
226	  korean_h - the Korean reading(s) of the kanji in hangul.
227	  ja_on - the "on" Japanese reading of the kanji, in katakana. A
228	  	second attribute r_status, if present, will indicate with
229	  	a value of "jy" whether the reading is approved for a
230	  	"Jouyou kanji".
231	  ja_kun - the "kun" Japanese reading of the kanji, in hiragana.
232	  	Where relevant the okurigana is also included separated by a
233	  	".". Readings associated with prefixes and suffixes are
234	  	marked with a "-". A second attribute r_status, if present,
235	  	will indicate with a value of "jy" whether the reading is
236	  	approved for a "Jouyou kanji".
237	--><!ATTLIST reading r_status CDATA #IMPLIED>
238<!--
239	See under ja_on and ja_kun above.
240	--><!ELEMENT meaning (#PCDATA)>
241<!--
242	The meaning associated with the kanji.
243	--><!ATTLIST meaning m_lang CDATA #IMPLIED>
244<!--
245	The m_lang attribute defines the target language of the meaning. It
246	will be coded using the two-letter language code from the ISO 639
247	standard. When absent, the value "en" (i.e. English) is implied. [{}]
248	-->]>
249<kanjidic2>
250</kanjidic2>
251