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Pure-Python Japanese character interconverter for Hiragana, Katakana, Hankaku, Zenkaku and more
Last release 7 months ago
08 Feb 2026
Release timing varies
gaps range from 2 weeks to 2.1 years
Most releases are documented
notes for 12 of 14 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
11 years old
14 releases · first in 2016
Add conversion rule "si" to "し" in alphabet2kana() by @ikegami-yukino in #41
Full Changelog: v0.4.1...v0.5.0
One column per quarter.
Add new func. enlarge_smallkana.
The alphabet2kana func. converts "si" to "し".
Fix conversion bugs in alphabet2kana and kana2alphabet func.
Fix bugs about small-kana in kana2alphabet func.
Add docstring to alias functions
Add stub files according to PEP 561 by @ernix in #33
Full Changelog: v0.3.4...v0.4.1
port static configs to setup.cfg (thanks @eli-schwartz)
migrate testsuite to pytest (thanks @eli-schwartz)
Support Python 3.13 and 3.14
Add stub files according to PEP 561 for mypy (thanks @ernix)
Support Python 3.12
Add stub files according to PEP 561 for mypy (thanks @ernix)
Fix to support Python2.7 ~ 3.4 (thanks @manjuu-eater)
Fix to support Python2.7 ~ 3.4 (thanks @manjuu-eater)
Support Python 3.11
Re-support Python2.7 ~ 3.4 (thanks @manjuu-eater)
Support Python 3.10
Re-support Python2.7 ~ 3.4 (thanks @manjuu-eater)
Fix z2h, h2z all flag off bug (thanks @manjuu-eater)
Nothing published for this version
Fix alpha2kana infinite loop bug (thanks @frog42)
Fix alpha2kana infinite loop bug (thanks @frog42)
Fix bug (alphabet2kana) thanks @Cuddlemuffin007
Fix bug (alphabet2kana) thanks @Cuddlemuffin007
Support Python 3.8 and 3.9
Add handy functions: alphabet2kata and kata2alphabet. thanks @kokimame
Add function for julius: hiragana2julius
Add aliases of z2h -> zenkaku2hankaku and h2z -> hankaku2zenkaku
Fix bug (kana2alphabet)
Support Python 3.7
No longer support Python 2.6
Add aliases of z2h -> zenkaku2hankaku and h2z -> hankaku2zenkaku
Fix bugs (alphabet2kana, kana2alphabet) thanks @letuananh
Fix bugs (alphabet2kana, kana2alphabet) thanks @letuananh
Fix bug (kana2alphabet) thanks @kokimame
Fix bug (kana2alphabet) thanks @kokimame
Support Python 3.6
Fix bugs (alphabet2kana, kana2alphabet)
Fix bugs (alphabet2kana, kana2alphabet)
Nothing published for this version
Change module name jctconv -> jaconv
Change module name jctconv -> jaconv
Add alphabet and hiragana interconvert (alphabet2kana, kana2alphabet)
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