Kanji study, radicals, stroke order, and hiragana and katakana charts.
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iOS app from The Japan Foundation that teaches beginner kanji through illustrated memory hints, animations, audio, stroke order, and example sentences, with games to check retention.
A guide to learning kanji through the Uma Musume Pretty Derby anime, manga, and game, explaining why the franchise's emotional context and kanji-dense content make it effective for study and providing breakdowns of core.
Complete guide to learning hiragana with mnemonic tricks, stroke order instructions, sample words, and pronunciation for each character. Designed for Japanese beginners starting with the kana syllabary.
Platform for learning Japanese writing systems through hand-drawn pictures, mnemonics, and a spaced repetition system.
Interactive tool for learning kanji and vocabulary through visual relationship diagrams, example sentences, and a built-in spaced repetition flashcard system. Suitable for beginners starting their Japanese study.
Guide to reading manga in Japanese for beginners, explaining how furigana supports early reading and measuring kanji coverage in dialogue versus narrative texts.
Nine illustrated mini books introduce katakana characters in groups of five through short stories featuring foreign words and onomatopoeia. Designed for students learning to read katakana fluently.
Interactive tool that converts English names to katakana with explanations of why foreign names use katakana, how Japanese sound patterns reshape names, and cultural conventions for name order and politeness.
Guide and free interactive trainer for learning hiragana and katakana, covering character recognition, look-alike pairs, stroke order, and reading in context for beginners.
A curated guide comparing ten kanji study tools and textbooks, organized by learning approach and platform. Helps learners choose between managed sequences, free mnemonics, handwriting apps, and book methods.
Introductory overview of Japanese language foundations covering pronunciation, pitch accent, grammar structure, dialects, and writing systems. Designed for learners beginning Japanese studies.
Interactive quiz and study charts for hiragana and katakana with multiple difficulty levels, recognition and recall modes, and guidance on how to distinguish the two writing systems.
The Kanji section of the entry form contains the form of the Japanese word/phrase which contains kanji, special characters or letters from non-Japanese scripts (e.g.
Guide to Japanese writing systems and pronunciation covering hiragana, katakana, and kanji with audio samples, stroke order, and explanation of pitch accent for beginners.
Official Japan Foundation app for learning kanji through associative illustrations, animations, and audio. Includes simple games to check retention and is designed for beginner Japanese learners.
Wiktionary entry for hiragana with etymology, pronunciation guidance including pitch accent patterns, and related writing systems. Suitable for learners starting Japanese.
Detailed kanji study page for 八 (eight), showing stroke order, on and kun readings, common words using the character, and related compounds. Suitable for learners at all levels.
This is the JLPT N4 kanji list, which includes nearly 170 characters specific to the N4 level. You must know about 250 kanji in total...
Guide explaining effective approaches to learning kanji, arguing that studying kanji in isolation is ineffective and that learners should focus on learning kanji through vocabulary words and context instead.
A directory of public Anki flashcard decks for learning Japanese, covering vocabulary, kanji, grammar, and JLPT preparation at various levels.
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