dong-chinese-dictionary-data

Chinese dictionary data from dong-chinese.com/wiki, packaged as individual per-character JSON files with TypeScript types.

Installation

npm install dong-chinese-dictionary-data

bun add dong-chinese-dictionary-data

pnpm add dong-chinese-dictionary-data

Usage

Look up a single character

Loads only the JSON file for the requested character:

import characters from "dong-chinese-dictionary-data";

const data = await characters["你"]?.();

Returns undefined if the character is not in the dictionary.

Types

All entries conform to the CharacterData type, re-exported from the package root:

import type { CharacterData } from "dong-chinese-dictionary-data";

See character-data.d.ts for the full schema.

Data source

The dictionary data is sourced from https://www.dong-chinese.com/wiki and is the property of its respective authors. This package only converts the upstream JSONL dump to JSON and ships it with TypeScript types — it does not modify the data itself.

License

MIT for the package code. The underlying dictionary data retains its original upstream licensing; see the data source section.