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How kanji work

What they are

Kanji are characters borrowed from Chinese. Each one carries a meaning. Kanji write the core of a word (働 = work); hiragana adds grammar (働く), and katakana writes foreign words.

Two kinds of readings

On'yomi (katakana): Chinese-derived, used mostly in compounds. 日 → ニチ in 日本.
Kun'yomi (hiragana): native Japanese, used when the kanji stands alone. 日 → ひ.

Context decides which one you read, so learn them through words.

Stroke order rules

Top to bottom, left to right.
Horizontal before vertical when they cross (十).
Center before the sides (小).
Outside before inside, close the box last (日, 国).
Left-falling stroke before right-falling (人).
A vertical stroke piercing through goes last (中).

Radicals

Kanji are built from smaller parts called radicals. One often hints at the meaning (氵 = water), another at the sound. Spotting them makes kanji easier to remember.

JLPT levels

N5 is the easiest (~80 kanji), then N4 (~170 more), up to N1. Learn N5 first.

How this app works

Learn: watch the animation, then trace the kanji several times with the guide.
Review: draw from memory on a blank canvas. Grade yourself: Again, Hard, Good, Easy. Good recall means longer gaps before you see it again. New items first appear in review the day after you learn them, and scheduling uses FSRS, which predicts when you're about to forget.