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Markdown Furigana

steven-kraftsteven-kraft17k downloads

Display furigana using Markdown syntax.

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Simple markdown to furigana rendering plugin for displaying Japanese text with furigana in Obsidian (https://obsidian.md).

As of 1.2.0, the plugin is no longer limited to Japanese Text

Based off of markdown-it-ruby syntax. All rendering is done post-processing when previewing, so your notes are not modified.

Examples

Markdown Processed As Displays As
{漢字|かんじ} <ruby>漢字<rt>かんじ</rt></ruby> 漢字かんじ
{漢字|かん|じ} <ruby>漢<rt>かん</rt>字<rt>じ</rt></ruby> 漢かん字じ
{北京|ㄅㄟˇ|ㄐㄧㄥ} <ruby>北<rt>ㄅㄟˇ</rt>京<rt>ㄐㄧㄥ</rt></ruby> 北ㄅㄟˇ京ㄐㄧㄥ
{北京|Běi|jīng} <ruby>北<rt>Běi</rt>京<rt>jīng</rt></ruby> 北Běi京jīng
{韓國|한|국} <ruby>韓<rt>한</rt>國<rt>국</rt></ruby> 韓한國국

Additional Info

The plugin expects the first section to be Kanji or Kana, and furigana sections to be Hiragana or Katakana. If more than one furigana section, there must be as many as the number of characters in the first section. Sections of furigana can also be empty.

See Also

Also check out the Obsidian Furigana plugin if you prefer to use the ruby syntax directly in your notes.

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Render kanji and other scripts with ruby-style furigana from simple inline markdown like {漢字|かんじ} or multiple readings per character. Display furigana in preview only via post-processing so your Markdown files remain unchanged.
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Details
Current version
1.3.0
Last updated
3 years ago
Created
5 years ago
Updates
11 releases
Downloads
17k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.9.12+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
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steven-kraftsteven-kraft
github.com/steven-kraft/obsidian-markdown-furigana
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