Kanji Book 4+

I’m updating my review now that I’ve spent a few weeks using this app. I think it’s pretty fantastic! I have dozens of apps for learning Japanese, and I have found few that teach writing the kanji. There are a couple of things I love about this one. The kanji are presented in an order that makes sense for actually learning to write kanji. Other apps that also focus on vocabulary building present kanji that are difficult to remember how to write very early on, which is frustrating. Also, since it’s not SRS, there’s no mounting backlog of reviews if you take a day or two off. SRS is fabulous but my life right now is too hectic to commit to daily study. I have been studying Japanese for a while so the kanji so far are all familiar. I’m not sure this would be an ideal introduction to kanji. The simplicity of this app is a wonderful thing, but it necessarily leaves out a lot of info. That being said the link to Jisho is brilliant - if you want more, go there! I don’t think adding tons of more stuff would make it better though - I like the focus on straight up memorizing kanji writing. The only addition that I might like would be an option to display the Japanese word for the compounds, such as ふたり and むいか, before dismissing. But, maybe that would be overload. Also, I love the interface - it’s very pleasing. The stickers are a cute feature.

Thanks Abikjn! Good suggestion about adding a spot for notes.

I’m at approx 1000 Kanji and this app legitimately is helping me reach my goal of learning how to read Japanese! It started asking me about on' and kun'yomi and I’m not sure if that will be helpful to me but I’m willing to give it a shot! While I’m no where read fluent, this app and a little bit of word and grammar knowledge have gotten me this far.

My only gripe are the bugs where the screen stays stuck on the opening screen or when other things glitch out but you seem aware and attentive of them.

Thank you, this has been a major help!

Hey MoonDrop, thanks for the review. 1000 kanji すごうい! That's way more than I know.

Ugh, I thought I had fix the lock up on start up. I'll take another look.

This app is really nice, it's easy to navigate and I love how it guides you through writing the correct stroke order for each kanji and also gives you the furigana reading along with the definition. The quizzes are a mix of multiple choice, definitions, and writing the kanji, which is great since it reinforces recall and not just recognition. My only complaint is I wish that there were furigana readings given for the compound kanji.

Good suggestion to add furigana to the jukugo. I'll see if I can get the data.