Are there any websites that display all possible combinations of a set number of letters in different alphabets, such as Chinese or Japanese?

 There are some tools and websites that generate combinations of letters or characters in different alphabets, including Chinese and Japanese, although they are typically focused on generating permutations or combinations of Roman letters (A-Z), rather than directly handling complex scripts like Chinese or Japanese. However, when it comes to Chinese or Japanese characters, the situation is more nuanced because these languages do not use a simple alphabet but rather thousands of individual characters, each with distinct meanings.

Here are a few websites and tools that might help:

1. Japanese:

• Rikaichan or Rikaikun (Browser Extensions): These are tools for learning Japanese that allow you to hover over Japanese text and see the readings and meanings of individual characters. While they don't directly generate combinations, they can help you understand combinations of kana (hiragana/katakana) and kanji in context.

  • Website: Rikaichan for Chrome or Rikaikun for Firefox.

• Jisho.org: A Japanese-English dictionary that allows you to look up kanji characters and their readings, meanings, and possible combinations. It also provides example sentences and various character forms (e.g., hiragana, katakana, kanji).

  • Website: Jisho.org

• Kana Converter: If you want to generate combinations of hiragana or katakana, some online tools allow you to convert Roman letters into kana or generate random combinations of characters. One example is:

  • Website: Kana Converter

2. Chinese:

• Zdic.net: This is a popular Chinese dictionary that provides comprehensive details about Chinese characters, including their meanings, readings, and character combinations. You can search for specific radicals or combine multiple characters to form words.

  • Website: Zdic.net

• Chinese Character Generator: If you are looking to generate random combinations of Chinese characters, some websites allow you to input a number and generate combinations of Chinese characters from the available set. However, these combinations might not form meaningful words.

  • Example: Chinese Character Generator

3. General Character Combination Tools:

• Permutation and Combination Generators: Some websites allow you to input a set of characters (such as English alphabets, but you could input Japanese kana or even Chinese characters), and they will generate all possible combinations for you. Websites like "WordFinder" or "Permutation Calculator" allow you to specify a set of characters and generate combinations.
  • Example: Permutation Calculator

4. Specialized Scripts and Databases:

• For more advanced needs, you may want to look into language-specific resources or create a custom script to generate combinations in a particular script (for example, writing a Python script using itertools to generate combinations of Chinese characters, though this is more advanced).

Limitations:

• Chinese: There are over 50,000 characters in total (though most people only use a few thousand in everyday writing). Combining them to form all possible combinations would be computationally heavy and impractical for most online tools.
• Japanese: Similarly, with kanji, hiragana, and katakana, there are many possibilities, but generating meaningful combinations or permutations can be tricky, especially because kanji have semantic meanings, and their combinations often follow certain linguistic rules.

Conclusion:

Generating combinations of characters from languages like Chinese and Japanese is not as straightforward as with alphabetic scripts. However, you can use some of the tools above for learning and experimenting with individual characters, and you may be able to combine them into larger groups manually if needed. For computational generation of combinations, custom coding (e.g., in Python) would likely be the most efficient approach.