KanjiToKatakana

Kanji to Katakana translator, based on Kakasi.

It's a native gem, but it's pre-compiled for the following architectures:

• x86_64-linix
• aarch64-linix
• x86_64-darwin
• arm64-darwin

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'kanji_to_katakana'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install kanji_to_katakana

Usage

require 'kanji_to_katakana'

KanjiToKatakana.kanji_to_katakana('岡川1796, 8701131, 大分県大分市, JAPAN')
# => 'オカカワ1796, 8701131, オオイタケンオオイタシ, JAPAN'

KanjiToKatakana.kanji_to_katakana('non-kanji')
# => 'non-kanji'

Development

1. Clone the repo
2. Run bundle install
3. Run rake compile to download Kakasi, build and compile it, and compile the gem
4. Run rspec to run tests
5. Run PLATFORM=<rubygems platform> rake build_native to get a .gem file

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/kanji_to_katakana.