This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

光学式文字読み取り装置

Reading

Kana: こうがくしきもじよみとりそうち
Romaji: kougakushikimojiyomitorisouchi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

optical character reader; OCR

(Computer terminology)

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 ひか.る、 ひかり
Meanings: ray, light
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Reading: シキ
Meanings: style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: ジ、 あざ、 あざな、 -な
Meanings: character, letter, word, section of village
Readings: ドク、 トク、 トウ、 よ.む、 -よ.み
Meaning: read
Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up
Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 よそお.う、 よそお.い
Meanings: attire, dress, pretend, disguise, profess
Readings: チ、 お.く、 -お.き
Meanings: placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn