Japanese Kanji Study - 漢字学習

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About this app

Kanji Study aims to be a helpful and easy-to-use tool for learning Japanese kanji. The app includes SRS, flashcards, multiple choice quizzes, writing challenges, kanji and word search, custom sets and much more. Kanji Study hopes to be your essential companion for mastering kanji.

No AI used for either code or installed content.

The app is not entirely free; however, the free version has no ads and offers unlimited study of beginner kanji, radicals, hiragana and katakana. The dictionary and all info screens are also free and unrestricted. The one-time upgrade unlocks the remaining kanji levels and allows you to create your own custom sets. It also supports the continued development of this project.

Main Features

★ Flashcard study
• Rote memorize kanji in manageable sized sets.
• View stroke animations, readings, meanings and examples.
• Customize theme, layout, displayed actions and swipe behavior.
• Assign study ratings to filter kanji out as you learn them.

★ Multiple-choice quizzes
• Customize quizzes to show readings, meanings, example words or sentences.
• Example words can be selected from JLPT, common vocab and favorites.
• Quiz times and distractors adapt based on your results.
• Further customize to repeat wrong answers, auto-play audio, pause after answering and more.

★ Writing challenges
• Improve your kanji recognition by challenging yourself to recall and write kanji.
• Learn the correct stroke order using a finely-tuned stroke detection algorithm.
• Correct strokes will snap into place and hints will appear if you are struggling.
• Detect accuracy stroke by stroke or use the self-assessment mode.

★ Quick kanji and word search
• Search over 6k kanji using readings, radicals, stroke counts, levels and more all in one text field.
• Search over 180k words by kanji, kana, romaji or translation language in the same one text field.
• Combine any number of criteria and see them highlighted in the results.
• Completely offline and very optimized for quick searching.

★ Detailed info screens
• View animated strokes, readings and meanings as well as your study time and quiz stats.
• See a breakdown of the radicals found within each kanji.
• Check out example words (grouped by the kanji readings), sentences and names.
• Explore the kanji used within each of the examples and use the breadcrumbs to navigate back.

Additional Features

★ Study kanji in various sequences including JLPT and Japanese school grades.
★ Notify yourself with custom study reminders when you haven't studied.
★ Read Japanese text with over 8k native audio files and text-to-speech support.
★ Add shortcuts to your home screen to study a particular set.
★ Use the rankings screen to make custom sets based on study stats.
★ Favorite kanji, radicals and examples for referencing later.
★ Save progress using Google Drive or local storage.
★ Customize MANY additional settings.

Add-ons

★ Guided Study
Continue the kanji study journey with unlimited use of the SRS module that tracks kanji and schedules them for review, optimizing your learning efficiency.

★ Graded Reading Sets
Learn kanji through reading. Adds 30k+ mini reading exercises graded kanji-by-kanji in the Kanji Learner's Course sequence.

★ Outlier Kanji Dictionary
Understand the underlying logic behind the Japanese writing system by learning how kanji actually work.

Permissions (optional)

- In-app Purchase (purchase upgrade)
- External Drive (store backup files)
- Install Shortcuts (add home screen shortcuts)
- Run at startup (reschedule notifications)
- Full network access (send analytics)

Translations

There is a volunteer translation project with contributions to over 30 languages. If you would like to help, please send me an email.
Highly customizable kanji learning companion for your Japanese studies.
Updated on
Nov 5, 2026

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Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
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  • This app may collect these data types
    App activity and App info and performance
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • Data can’t be deleted
  • Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

58.6K reviews
M. Walker
February 24, 2024
The very best of it's kind. Update in 2024 after more then 5 years of use: Some rather pricey addons. However, in regards to functionality, this one still is one incredible tool for every learner of the Japanese Language that does want to dive into Hiragana, Katakana and, of course, primarily Kanji. There are more options, but few work as well and feel as "fair and upfront" as this one does. Thus, I do highly recommend it!
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C B
February 5, 2022
The best surprise I've ever run across in an app. Impressively thorough with meanings, readings, grammar notes, and usage examples. Easy to navigate and well organized, super customizable, and has plenty of ways to practice and learn. Even includes an extensive, searchable Japanese/English dictionary. Well worth the money to unlock all characters. I literally cannot recommend this app enough.
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KyriA McClain
November 11, 2021
Excellent app used in conjunction with other language-learning software. I can make custom vocab lists based on what I'm learning, and I appreciate the range of study options. The process drawing out kanji with proper stroke order makes remembering them, and recognizing them later, happen so much more quickly. But a quick timed quiz or flash card study are good when I'm short on time. TLDR: If you're seriously learning Japanese, buy this app. And then also go buy the developer lunch. It's worth.
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What’s new

- Fixed regression issue with repeat quizzes during Guided Study.