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One four-character stanza a day, with its reading and meaning. A calm way into classical hanja, no streaks or timers.
Chunja — Cheonjamun
Classical hanja primer, calmly
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The 千字文 in its original 1500-year-old order — 250 verses, 1000 characters, Korean, Japanese and English readings side by side. No streaks, no ads.
The Thousand Character Classic — 千字文 — was composed in 6th-century China by the Liang-dynasty scholar Zhou Xingsi. It uses exactly one thousand distinct Chinese characters, arranged into 250 four-character rhyming stanzas. For more than 1,500 years it has been the first book Korean and Japanese students opened to learn classical characters.
Chunja is a quiet, modern way to read it.
— Calm by design
No streak counters. No flame icons. No notifications. No advertising. This is not a game. Two to three minutes a day is enough, the way it has always been.
— Original order, original units
We open with "天地玄黃 宇宙洪荒" and we close with "焉哉乎也." The original 250-stanza sequence is preserved. Each four-character stanza is the unit of study.
— Three languages, one screen
Korean readings (eum·hun), Japanese readings (on'yomi·kun'yomi), and English meanings, side by side. Display follows your iOS system language, or pin a single language in Settings.
— Trace
Practice the brushstrokes by finger or Apple Pencil on a hanji grid. No recognition, no scoring — just the old way of writing along.
— Stays on your device
No account. No cloud. No login. Progress is stored locally; the full text is bundled, so the app works offline.
— Source
Korean readings and meanings are sourced from Korean Wikisource (번역:천자문, public domain).
Read slowly. Remember long.
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Information
- Seller
- JIYULMOM
- Size
- 12.2 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 2 more
- English, Japanese, Korean
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Chunja Pro $3.99
- Copyright
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