Hankan: JLPT Kanji Readings
Read and spell via Korean
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
JLPT kanji readings and spellings, without going one square wrong.
The reading questions of the JLPT hide the right answer among readings one square away: a long vowel, a small っ, a voicing mark. こうじょう or こじょう, がっこう or がこう. The spelling questions hide it among kanji that sound the same: is せんたく 洗濯 or 選択?
Hankan sees through both with the Korean reading of each kanji. 학 (学) ends in ㄱ, so 学 ends in く, and before か it shrinks to a small っ. And 洗濯 is 세탁 in Korean, 選択 is 선택: the same sound in Japanese, but said in Korean only one of them is the word.
4,311 READING QUESTIONS
A sentence with the word underlined and four readings. The wrong ones twist one trap each, as the exam does (long vowel, small っ, voicing mark, small ゃゅょ), and no reading a dictionary lists for the word is ever offered as wrong. A dropped square shows as a dashed red square.
3,354 SPELLING QUESTIONS
Pick the kanji for a word given in hiragana. The wrong spellings are kanji that sound the same; after an answer each one shows its Korean reading and whether it is another word or no word at all.
A RULE UNDER EVERY TRAP
Each kanji sits over its squares with its Korean reading beneath, the deciding final consonant in red, and the rule with its measured rate right below. Where no rule decides a square, the app says so plainly.
SIXTEEN MEASURED RULES
Every place a rule applies in the JLPT kanji words was counted, and only rules that held at least 90% of the time were kept.
ㅇ final → long vowel: 98.9%
ㄴ or ㅁ final → ん: 99.9%
ㄱ final → く or き: 97.9%
ㄱ final + か row → っ: 94.4%
Ending in ㅛ → long vowel: 99.4%
Every rule opens ten questions on itself.
LOOK UP BY 한자음
Type 학 to find 学. 1,669 JLPT kanji by their Korean reading, each with its Japanese readings, the rule that fits it (and whether it holds there), and the JLPT words it is in.
DRILL THE TRAP THAT GETS YOU
The trap map shows which trap keeps catching you (long vowel, small っ, voicing, small ゃゅょ, ん, another reading); tap one for ten questions on only that trap.
TAP THE SQUARES
Hear a word without seeing it and tap once for every beat. The squares your ear dropped are pointed out.
ROUNDS
Ten questions to a chapter, a round to a page of manuscript paper. The next round goes over every word or only the missed ones.
WHAT'S INSIDE
• 4,311 reading and 3,354 spelling questions on JLPT kanji words, N5 to N1
• Japanese audio made in advance with an AI voice model and checked word by word (a few words use the device voice)
• Works offline; progress restores from your own iCloud
• No account, no ads, no tracking
• Interface in Korean and English; meanings in Korean
FREE AND THE PASS
The first 50 words of every level, all the rules and the kanji look-up are free. The pass opens every word: monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and are charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Terms of service: https://jsonpassion.github.io/Hankan/terms.html
Privacy policy: https://jsonpassion.github.io/Hankan/privacy.html
The JLPT is administered by the Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services. This app is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by them, and contains no actual test questions.
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Information
- Seller
- Jason Lee
- Size
- 34.2 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Korean
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Lifetime pass $9.99
- Yearly pass $4.99
- Monthly pass $0.99
- Copyright
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