The PD16681 is a single-chip controller driver that can display Japanese text; including JIS Level 1 kanji, JIS Level 2 kanji, hiragana, and katakana. Each chip can display up to four lines containing up to eight full width characters (11 x 12 dots), or up to four lines containing up to 16 half width characters (5 x 12 dots), as well 96 pictographs.