# Bug: unable to convert Kanji

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-unable-to-convert-kanji/38793>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 25, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-unable-to-convert-kanji/38793 "2023-12-25T17:05:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![tsoine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@tsoine](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/tsoine)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-unable-to-convert-kanji/38793/1 "2023-12-25T17:05:46Z")

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Using the Japanese keyboard, I can’t convert hiragana to kanji. I can type in the hiragana, but when I press the space bar to convert them into kanji, the text disappears. This bug has been present since I’ve updated to 23.10 Before this, the conversion function worked just fine.

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-unable-to-convert-kanji/38793/2 "2023-12-27T03:29:24Z")

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Please update - 23.12 is working fine on a system here.

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**Author:** ![tsoine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@tsoine](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/tsoine)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-unable-to-convert-kanji/38793/3 "2023-12-27T14:34:12Z")

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maybe it’s fixed in 23.12, but I now updated to it and encountered [the crashing bug](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-23-12-mac-apple-qt6-dmg-crashing-on-browser/38783/5) so I couldn’t confirm if the Kanji issue is fixed for my device. I’ve downgraded to 23.10 for the meanwhile (my last version, the kanji issue still exists).

The Kanji issue is only present in the editor/HTML editor. The conversion works fine in the tag-add window/sidebar search/browser search.

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-unable-to-convert-kanji/38793/4 "2023-12-28T06:15:19Z")

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If you’d like to use 23.12 before that issue gets fixed, the qt5 version should still work.

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**Author:** ![tsoine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@tsoine](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/tsoine)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-unable-to-convert-kanji/38793/5 "2023-12-28T07:13:59Z")

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Thank you! this fixed the kanji issue for me for the moment.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-unable-to-convert-kanji/38793/6 "2024-01-27T07:14:16Z")

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