Anki add-on to look up words offline using Wiktionary data downloaded from https://kaikki.org
See Wiktionary - AnkiWeb for downloading and instructions.
Please post any questions or issues you have here, or in GitHub.
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Wow! Youâre my heroâŚBeen needing this for a very long time 
Wondering why Chinese isnât working though. Swedish and any other language Iâve tried do, however.
The following errors happened during the process:
failed to write file of word "PS/2ćĽĺŁ": [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/yaoberh/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/2087444887/user_files/Chinese/PS/2ćĽĺŁ.json'
Mandarin json shows that no definitions could be found, and Chinese gives me this error
EDIT:
For those using linux, rename any file with â2 manually, by making the file yourselves. Because it registers it as a folder otherwise. Fixed!
The add-on ignores and reports issues with files that have problematic characters like /, which canât be used in filenames (because it generates files for each entry in the imported dictionary).
Forbidden characters in filenames on Windows are the following:
Linux is less restrictive about filenames.
The importing process should work normally for other words, though.
Hello,
Is it possible to modify the script to accept .zim files? Or to make available addons for foreign versions of wikiword so that we get definitions in our target language?
Adding support for .zim files should be possible. Iâve added this to the todo list to look into. This will allow importing far more dictionaries.
kaikki.org only provides the English Wiktionaryâs dictionaries currently. The zim files at wiki.kiwix.org include content from all supported languages, though.
Thank you for your reply!
If/when Zim files become usable for your add on, is it possible to combine the addon with the Create subs2srs cards with mpv video player addon(1213145732 )? This works in a way where you can instantly hit a hot key to take the audio line, subtitle, and screenshot from a video and create an anki card, not interrupting your watch time hardly at all, whereas with other mpv based methods you need to.
Would it be possible to somehow combine the two to where you can click on a subtitle word on the screen instead of the hotkey and then have that word with its definition from a wiki (in my case the greek language wikiword zim that I have from kiwix) be added to the anki card as well as the other items like the subtitle line, screenshot and other items? I am not a coder so I do not know how complex this would be on the back end. Iâd be happy to commission this through your Fiver if need be.
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mpvâs interface is mostly keyboard-driven, so Iâm not sure if itâs possible/easy to write a script that responds to mouse clicks and determine the word under the cursor. Hooking Wiktionary into the âCreate subs2srs cards with mpv video playerâ add-on should be possible, though (Will require changes from both add-ons). Feel free to contact me through Fiverr - Iâll do some research and let you know if if this possible.
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Getting âNot found in dictionaryâ for every word in my chinese deck (3000 words).
Tried fetching from both Traditional and Simplified fields.
The following issues happened during the process:
âčĺ¸â was not found in the dictionary.
Tried with Chinese and Mandarin jsons. Any ideasďźThanks for the help
You are trying to import the JSON at the bottom of this page and this, right? Will test it and see what is the issue.
(If you can share your vocabulary deck, that would be nice for quick testing)
This is probably correct. čĺ¸ doesnât exist in the JSON files provided by kaikki.org.
Apple forbids most of those in filenames. Some of them it allows but you have to escape them to put them there.
Yeah, Iâm using the json file at the bootom of both Chinese and Mandarin.
It doesnât work with any word, not just čĺ¸
This is my deck:
It doesnât work for the Mandarin file because that file apparently mostly has entries for the pinyin transcriptions, and not the Chinese characters. See Mandarin word forms: list
Regarding the Chinese file, the add-on fails to find about 900 words. Those donât exist on Kaikki (I only checked a few, but itâs most likely the case.)
OhâŚthat makes total sense if it tries to fetch pinyinâŚ
Strange thing is, I got this wordlist from wiktionary. Theyâre the most used words in mandarin. Strange they do not show up in kaikki.
Is there any other dictionary I could try?
If not, Iâll wait for any updates for zim files and then try the one from your link above.
Thanks for the help!
It probably has something to do with the fact that those missing words only have redirects to synonyms in their pages in Wiktionary. See čĺ¸ - Wiktionary, the free dictionary for example.
Hopefully, the zim files are structured differently.
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Makes senseâŚ
Hello, I am experience issues attempting to use your add-on. I imported a json file, add a note, click the W button, select the dictionary, then press add but there is an errorr saying ââ was not found in the dictionary.
Did you make sure the Word field you selected is the correct one and is not empty?
I understood it now, thank you.