One character at a time, learned on video.
5,514 kanji, grade by grade — origin, stroke order, readings, compounds and quizzes. The 80 characters of grade 10 are free once you register; beyond that, pick the plan that matches the grade you are aiming for.
An unofficial study app, not affiliated with the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation. Grade lists, stroke counts, readings and stroke order come from open data (credits on the About page).
- 5,514
- Kanji
- 5,514
- Videos
- 12
- Grades
This is a beta
We are building in the open. These are not ready yet. ・Paid plans (in preparation) ・The nationwide contest (weekly rounds have not started) ・Some videos for grades 2, pre-1 and 1 (328 characters still to make) What is free today stays free. Please tell us what you find.
How it works
- 壱
Watch
Origin, stroke order, readings, compounds and an example — 60 seconds per character.
- 弐
Answer
Reading, writing, stroke count, radical. Quizzing right after watching is what makes it stick.
- 参
Review on schedule
Anything you miss goes into spaced review — tomorrow, in 3 days, in a week.
The grade ladder
Credits
- KanjiVGCC BY-SA 3.0
Stroke order data (the writing animation in the videos)
- KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG)CC BY-SA 4.0
Stroke counts, readings and meanings
- kanji-dataCC0 1.0
Grade lists, JIS levels and radicals
These sources are CC BY-SA, so attribution under the same terms is required. The grade lists were cross-checked against our own data for the 1,026 elementary kanji and matched exactly.