[hsivonen]

This is cool, though I was a bit disappointed to notice the part about no support for CJK characters after trying to draw one and not having it recognized. It seems to me that looking up Unihan ideographs is an area where a tool like this could be particularly useful.

[chch]

I've been using Shape Catcher for a while for my non-CJK needs, but the best tool I've found that for Unihan characters has been the one from LINE[1]. Specifically, unlike others I've used, it tends to do a good job with semi-cursive/calligraphic writing. That makes it faster to look up complicated characters (because you can scribble a bit), plus it's useful when you don't actually know exactly what the "original" form of a character is, and have to just draw it from sight.

e.g. if you see [2], and don't recognize it, but can draw it into the tool, you can get 而 correctly, without having to draw the very specific stroke order[3], like in other tools.

It's made for Chinese, but I often use it for Japanese, too. :)

[1] http://ce.linedict.com/dict.html#/cnen/home

[2] http://www.ryuurui.com/uploads/1/5/4/8/15489306/6738815.jpg?...

[3] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/%E8%80%8...

[anjbe]

Kanjipad does a decent job whenever I try it, and it’s available in my package repos: http://fishsoup.net/software/kanjipad/

[amake]

Handwriting tools for CJK characters are pretty much ubiquitous.