Implementation Proposal for Automatic Processing of the Algebra on J

Abstract

The Japanese language includes thousands of characters, distributed across various scripts, some extinct. The majority of Japanese characters is of Chinese ascent: these are the kanji characters. Character memorisation is thus an extremely challenging task for the learner of Japanese as a foreign language. Several methods have been proposed to alleviate this workload. We have recently described a novel strategy focusing on reusing the logical and mathematical knowledge acquired since elementary school to help with characters memorisation. To bind these a priori unrelated entities, we have proposed an algebra on J the set of the Japanese characters. In this paper, we propose a concrete possible implementation for automatic processing of this algebra on J, thus facilitating actual realisation of this educational method. In addition, other applications include Japanese characters display on low-end devices.