Hello,
a lots of time has passed since the initial message.
Shinkanji has progressed a lot and we are now at version 3.0
You can check the application at
ShinKanji
This is a multilanguage Japanese dictionary program which enables you to search for japanese words and characters with several methods.
Features include:
1) support for English, French, Spanish, Portugese for the kanji definitions and English, French and German for word definition
2) handwriting recognition to search for kanji
3) search by readings or meanings for kanji and compound words
4) stroke order animation for more than 2600 kanji (number growing weekly)
5) radical search
6) structural navigation on the kanji
7) list of compounds containing a given kanji
8) predefined list of kanji as well as custom list management
All in all this is a really usefull application for anybody who is studying Japanese.
Regards
Benoit Cerrina
ShinKanji