NAME

Unicode::Unihan - The Unihan Data Base 5.1.0

SYNOPSIS

      use Unicode::Unihan;
      my $uh = Unicode::Unihan->new;
      print join("," => $uh->Mandarin("\x{5c0f}\x{98fc}\x{5f3e}")), "\n";

ABSTRACT

This module provides a user-friendly interface to the Unicode Unihan Database 5.1. With this module, the Unihan database is as easy as shown in the SYNOPSIS above.

DESCRIPTION

The first thing you do is make the database available. Just say

      use Unicode::Unihan;
      my $uh = new Unicode::Unihan;

That's all you have to say. After that, you can access the database via $uh->tag($string) where tag is the tag in the Unihan Database, without 'k' prefix.

$data = $uh->tag($string)
@data = $uh->tag($string)

      The first form (scalar context) returns the Unihan Database entry of
      the first character in $string. The second form (array context) checks
      the entry for each character in $string.

        @data = $uh->Mandarin("\x{5c0f}\x{98fc}\x{5f3e}");
        # @data is now ('SHAO4 XIAO3','SI4','DAN4')

        @data = $uh->JapaneseKun("\x{5c0f}\x{98fc}\x{5f3e}");
        # @data is now ('CHIISAI KO O','KAU YASHINAU','TAMA HAZUMU HIKU')

FIELDS AND THEIR MEANINGS

For a complete list of tags, their meaning, and information on parsing the value field, see <http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr38/>.

SEE ALSO

perlunintro
perlunicode
The Unihand Database
<http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/Unihan.html>

AUTHOR

of the Module
Dan Kogai <dankogai@dan.co.jp>

of the Source Data
Unicode, Inc.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

of the Module
Copyright 2002-2008 by Dan Kogai, All rights reserved.

      This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
      it under the same terms as Perl itself.

of the Source Data
Copyright (c) 1996-2008 Unicode, Inc. All Rights reserved.

             Name: Unihan database
             Unicode version: 5.1.0
             Table version: 1.1
             Date: 3 March 2008