No Matches(exact or approximate) were found for the search..

[Man2Toe]

Greetings fellow Mandarin learners.

Pleco got me hooked. I use the software daily now and love it. This is why when I come upon the message; No Matches(exact or approximate)were found for the search query entered - I get a bit irritated. Just in one sitting while reading Harry Potter I came across these two characters that gave the No Matches message. 襬　和　弔．　　

Ｗｉｌｌ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｕｔｕｒｅ　ｐａｔｃｈｅｓ　ａｄｄ　ｗｏｒｄｓ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｄａｔａｂａｓｅ？

Ｗｏｕｌｄ　ｉｔ　ｂｅ　ｐｏｓｓｉｂｌｅ　ｔｏ　ｈａｖｅ　ａ　”ｌｉｖｉｎｇ　ｄｉｃｔｉｏｎａｒｙ”　ｏｎ　ｔｈｅ　Ｐｌｅｃｏ　ｗｅｂｓｉｔｅ　ｔｏ　ｕｐｄａｔｅ　ｏｕｒ　ｓｙｓｔｅｍｓ　ｗｈｅｎ　ｍｉｓｓｉｎｇ　ｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒｓ　ａｒｅ　ｄｉｓｃｏｖｅｒｅｄ？

Ｉ　ｇｕｅｓｓ　ｔｈｅｓｅ　ｑｕｅｓｔｉｏｎｓ　ａｒｅ　ｆｏｒ　ｙｏｕ　皇帝．　Ｆｏｒ　ｏｔｈｅｒ　ｒｅａｄｅｒｓ，　ｍａｙｂｅ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｐｏｓｔ　ｗｏｕｌｄ　ｂｅ　ａ　ｇｏｏｄ　ｐｌａｃｅ　ｔｏ　ｓｔａｒｔ　ｌｉｓｔｉｎｇ　ｏｔｈｅｒ　ｃｈａｒａｃｔｅｒｓ　ｔｈａｔ　ｇｉｖｅ　ｔｈｅ　Ｎｏ　Ｍａｔｃｈｅｓ　ｍｅｓｓａｇｅ．

Ｐｅａｃｅ，
Ｍａｙ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｂｒａｉｎ　ｂｅ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｄｕｃｔ　ｔａｐｅ，　ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ　ｔｈａｔ　ｃｏｍｅｓ　ｉｎ　ｃｏｎｔａｃｔ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｉｔ　ｓｔｉｃｋｓ！

Ｍａｎ２Ｔｏｅ

 

[mikelove]

Install the free UniHan add-on database from http://www.pleco.com/dictaddons.html and that will give you a basic definition for every individual character that the our software supports. The handwriting recognizer we licensed supports a lot of characters that aren't in any of our built-in dictionaries, and we've chosen not to filter them out since it's a lot more frustrating to keep writing a character and not get a match than it is to write a character, get a match and discover it's not in the dictionary.

 

[ipsi]

I just checked on my copy of Pleco, and those characters only appeared in the Unihan and CEDict ones (both free, by the way). I would highly suggest (if you have room) installing all the free dictionaries, as they add a lot of basic definitions for words that don't appear in the paid dictionaries.