Pleco

Pleco

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Updated on 03.05.2024

Pleco is a comprehensive Chinese learning system for Android that includes several dictionaries, and also kanji memorization cards and writing methods.

A great resource for Chinese students

Chinese is clearly the language of the future and our Asian neighbors don't make it easy for us... We are talking about an extremely complex language that requires years of study and learning to achieve a good understanding, writing and speaking.

This app provides us with all the necessary tools to help us and make our way there, and these tools are all welcome. Pleco, for example, is a comprehensive learning system with various and useful features: several dictionaries, a document reader, a memory card system to learn the different kanjis and an OCR system to recognize or search for words.

The most important features

Among the different options available for Android, this is probably one of the most complete, if not the most complete, thanks to the following features:

  • It includes very good free dictionaries (up to 10 with additional downloads) and many more via in-app payments.
  • Users can draw kanji they don't recognize to make the app recognize them.
  • The app includes an OCR recognition system to recognize the words that users need to understand.
  • It includes an audio pronunciation of more than 34,000 words.
  • Supports traditional and simplified characters, zhuyin and pinyin.
  • It contains animation videos to learn to understand each Chinese character.

Requirements and further information:

  • Minimum operating system requirements: Android 5.0.
  • The app offers in-app purchases.
  • Instructions for installing XAPKs on Android