Japanese Kana – Hiragana
Learn to read and write kana
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New in Write: brush, eraser, guide and stroke order now share one tidy row above the paper. More room to trace, fewer places for buttons to hide.
Learn to read and write hiragana, the first Japanese alphabet, from zero. Japanese Kana – Hiragana is made for complete beginners on the way to JLPT N5, with pictures, native Japanese audio, stroke order and quick quizzes.
FREE TO START
• The first 15 hiragana, あ to そ, are free in every part of the app
• One purchase, Unlock Everything, adds the other 89: the rest of the basic kana plus the 20 dakuten, 5 handakuten and 33 combination (yoon) kana. Buy once, keep forever, restore on any of your devices
LEARN
• All 104 hiragana: the 46 basic kana, 20 dakuten, 5 handakuten and 33 combination (yoon) kana
• One card per kana with its romaji, a picture word that uses it (あ as in あり, ant) and the word's English meaning
• Tap the kana or its word to hear it spoken by a native Japanese speaker
• A chart of every kana by group lets you jump anywhere, or play them all in order
WRITE
• Watch the stroke order draw itself, stroke by stroke, with a numbered dot where each stroke starts
• Trace each kana with your finger over a faint textbook-style guide, in one of three inks, and hide the guide when you are ready
• Print a practice sheet for pen and paper, with squares that go from tracing to writing on your own
QUIZ
• Sprint: as many right answers as you can in 60 seconds
• Survival: keep going until your first mistake
• Three modes: hear a kana and pick it, hear a word and pick its picture, or a mix of both
• Best scores for every quiz, a review of your wrong answers, and tips on what to practice next
EVERY DAY
• Kana of the Day widget for the Home Screen and Lock Screen: tap it to open that kana's card
• An optional daily reminder at the time you choose
• Apple Watch: flash cards, and Sprint and Survival quizzes on your wrist
MADE FOR EVERYONE
• A calm cherry blossom design, in light and dark mode
• Dynamic Type, VoiceOver with romaji readings, and Reduce Motion
• iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
PRIVATE AND OFFLINE
• No ads, no accounts, no tracking and no subscriptions
• Works fully offline, and your scores stay on your device
Every kana and picture word has a native Japanese recording. Anything without one uses the Japanese voice built into iOS.
Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel (kanjivg.tagaini.net), licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ratings & Reviews
Thanks everyone for downloading Japanese Hiragana!
In this update, we've tidied up the Write screen so every tool is right where your thumb expects it.
Write Tools in One Row: The brush, the eraser, the show and hide guide button and the stroke order button now sit together in one centered row, just above the practice square. Before, the stroke order button lived in the corner of the paper, a little like a sticker on your homework. Now the paper is all yours for tracing, and the kana and its romaji have the top of the screen to themselves. On a locked kana, the four buttons stay in place, dimmed, so nothing jumps around.
Your feedback helps us improve your experience through ongoing updates. Let us know what you think of this update by writing a review in the App Store. Thank you for your feedback and support.
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The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Hamdouchi Interactive, LLC
- Size
- 99.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Unlock Everything $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Hamdouchi Interactive, LLC
