iBaiJia - Chinese Surnames

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iBaiJia is a native SwiftUI workshop for Chinese surnames: Daily Surname, four-line recitation, interactive academy, distribution charts, stroke tracing, handwriting lookup, share cards, Widgets, and Siri. Look up, read, speak, write, and remember every name. Why install - 967 surnames: 504 classic Baijiaxing plus 463 extended names, about 68 compound surnames, lazy-loaded details - Origins, halls, migration, figures, distribution, couplets, and optional English meanings per entry - Plain-language cultural notes for learning, marked for reference only - UI in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English; bilingual, Chinese-only, or English-only reading - Toggle pinyin and English; adjust body font in Settings or on detail pages - Fully offline, no account, no ads, no tracking SDKs - iOS 17 plus and macOS 14 plus on iPhone, iPad, and Mac Home and Daily Surname - Curated daily pick with trivia and seasonal context - Set My Surname for one-tap return; reading streak when you open any detail - Continue browsing, recent reads, notes, and Known progress - Custom Home shortcuts: Recite, Academy, Stats, Handwriting, Naming, Browse Browse - Filter by pinyin, strokes, five elements, compound surnames, classic vs extended, origin, population rank, or classic order - Card, grid, or list layouts with separate iPhone and iPad grid columns - Tap buckets for lists, preview chips for detail; remembers last dimension Detail reading - Literary layout with origins, clan chips, migration, figures, and maps - Favorite, lists, notes, My Surname, with Undo on key actions - Speak full text or selections; continuous play, background audio, keep awake - Long-press to copy, speak, or translate; stroke tracing with offline vector glyphs - Eight share card styles, four ratios, Photos save and system share - Local naming inspiration with text or image share, no upload Recitation workbench - Four-column classic lines, highlight, vermilion mark, bottom playback island - Tap any line to start; read-through, scrub, single-line loop, remembered position - TTS controls and optional Live Activity on Lock Screen Surname Academy - Recognition, pinyin match, flashcards, classic chain, and origin quizzes - Flashcard Known does not auto-mark mastered; best scores per mode Statistics - Native Charts: population rank and bands, five elements, strokes, initials, provinces - Tap buckets to open surname lists Search and handwriting - Offline search with highlighted matches; simplified and traditional aware - iOS handwriting lookup: PencilKit plus on-device Vision, no upload - Spotlight indexing optional, off by default Favorites - Lists, cards, or grids; group by initial or elements; multiple sort orders System integration - Widgets: Daily, Mine, trivia, progress; Lock Screen sizes - iOS 18 controls for daily, random, recite, search, handwriting, academy, favorites, stats - Siri, Shortcuts, ibaijia deep links, optional Live Activity, four alternate icons - Usage, widget, and shortcuts guides; replay onboarding Settings and data - Theme, accent, language, reading mode, notifications, font slider - Data hub: history, plain-text backup import and export, optional iCloud KV, Spotlight toggle - Undo on destructive clears Privacy - Learning stays offline; system networking only for privacy page, App Store, or tips - English dataset CC BY 4.0 credited; makemeahanzi stroke subset credited 1.0.0 highlights - Handwriting lookup, stroke tracing, eight share cards, recitation workbench, figure enrichment, data hub, full trilingual UI Every name has a story. Download iBaiJia and leave a review to help others discover Chinese surnames.