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Japanese Shinjitai and Kyujitai Converter

Convert Japanese kanji text between modern Shinjitai and old Kyujitai forms for draft review, historical materials, design copy, and name-place checking.

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    File conversion

    Upload files and extract text locally in your browser

    Supports TXT, CSV, DOCX, PDF, and Excel files. Content is read only in this browser and is not uploaded.

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    Glyph changes

    Highlighted Kyujitai changes and comparison

    Highlight marks Japanese kanji changed by the conversion

    Convert between Shinjitai and Kyujitai to see a highlighted result and a deduplicated glyph comparison table.

    Features

    For Japanese old and new kanji forms

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    More privacy by default

    Text is converted in the browser without uploading it to a server; the conversion engine is built with OpenCC.

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    Shinjitai and Kyujitai

    This page opens with Japanese Shinjitai to Kyujitai selected. You can switch to Kyujitai to Shinjitai in the advanced options.

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    Highlight and compare changes

    Changed Shinjitai or Kyujitai are highlighted automatically and collected in a deduplicated table with occurrence counts.

    Japanese kanji search intent

    Built for Kyujitai converter, Shinjitai to Kyujitai, and old kanji conversion

    Use this page for Japanese old kanji conversion, Shinjitai to Kyujitai, Kyujitai to Shinjitai, old Japanese kanji converter, and Japanese character variant checking. Conversion runs locally in the browser and is built with OpenCC.

    Shinjitai to Kyujitai

    Convert common modern Japanese kanji forms into older Kyujitai forms for drafts, typography checks, and historical-style text.

    Highlighted kanji comparison

    Review changed kanji in context and use the Shinjitai–Kyujitai comparison table for character-by-character checking.

    Review official text

    Names, registers, legal text, historical quotations, and rare variants still need human review against original or authoritative sources.