Displaying furigana (phonetic readings of kanji characters) in textbox/richtextbox elements

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How would I go about displaying furigana above kanji characters in a textbox based element?

I've tried looking extensively on the web for information regarding furigana display in Windows forms elements - there appears to be some implementation for Microsoft Access form controls, but these do not seem to be accessible in a non-Access project.

I'm confused. Is the user entering Kanji and you want to display the corresponding Furigana? Or do you already have both and you want to display one over the other? — Kevin, Jan 12 '13 at 17:25
I wish to analyse each kanji on a case-by-case basis and display the corresponding furigana above it as is done in Japanese print and media — Ephemeralis, Jan 13 '13 at 05:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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It sounds like you'd need to implement or otherwise extend the existing IME - check the solutions for this question:

Getting more data from the Japanese IME

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answered Jan 12 '13 at 18:08

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '13 at 00:03

ImmGetCompositionString is the method to get typed kana from IME ( http://www.atmarkit.co.jp/fdotnet/dotnettips/875imeyomi/imeyomi.html [ja])

If you are okay with the guessing furigana from already-converted kanji, you may use mecab or other library, but in that case, furigana are not always correct.

Displaying furigana (phonetic readings of kanji characters) in textbox/richtextbox elements

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