About Kanji.Jepang.org

What This Product Is

Kanji.Jepang.org is designed as a focused kanji reference for Japanese learners in Indonesia. Each page aims to make meaning lookup, reading lookup, browsing paths, and supporting examples clear in one place.

This product is not a general blog and not a mixed portal. It is built as an interactive kanji dictionary centered on discovery, browsing, and deep lookup.

Who Builds It

Kanji.Jepang.org is operated by Septian Ganendra S. K. (sepTN), a software engineer and active open-source contributor (including contributions to Godot Engine).

The engineering background is applied directly to editorial work: clear structure, explicit assumptions, and transparent data-driven decisions.

The product direction is rooted in real study experience over more than a decade, from self-study to JLPT certification.

In 2014, that learning journey was documented in an official archive from the Consulate-General of Japan in Surabaya. This public trail matters because the product is built from long-running real study and engineering work, not from an anonymous one-off project.

From Labs to Product

Historically, Kanji.Jepang.org started as one experimental item developed in Jepang.org Labs and was first aimed at JLPT kanji drill usage.

As work progressed, user needs grew far beyond quick quiz review. Once dataset curation, search structure, browse routes, and detail pages matured, the compact Labs format was no longer enough. The scope expanded into a deeper and broader reference product.

Product Shape Today

Today, Kanji.Jepang.org is positioned as an Indonesia-first interactive kanji dictionary with a larger corpus and a much more complete structure than the original Labs concept.

Its core scope includes kanji lookup, per-character detail pages, browse routes such as JLPT, Jōyō, Jinmeiyō, Kanken, radicals, and hyōgai, plus practice and statistics as supporting layers rather than primary identity.

In short, practice still exists, but it now lives inside a broader and more serious reference product.

Ecosystem Context

Kanji.Jepang.org is part of the Jepang.org ecosystem: an education-focused product umbrella built to help Japanese learners in Indonesia with clearer and more practical study experiences.

The long-term mission is clear: become the most reliable Indonesia-first kanji dictionary with coherent structure, transparent updates, and durable quality.

Technical Foundation & Open Source

The technical foundation relies on structured data workflows and open-source projects maintained by Septian Ganendra S. K. (sepTN). Core kanji data on this site is powered by kanji-data, a lightweight, transparent, and maintainable data foundation.

Other open-source work such as kanji-png contributes to visual asset pipelines and editorial workflows. This approach keeps the product fast, inspectable, and practical for users.

Corrections and Accountability

We are committed to keeping Kanji.Jepang.org useful, open, and accountable. This page is not only about who builds the product, but also where users can read editorial policy and submit concrete corrections.

If you find incorrect data, confusing labels, or metadata issues, please send a specific correction report so the issue can be verified and updated transparently.