rakugaki : write kanji

you don't remember a kanji by looking at it. you remember it by writing it.

rakugaki teaches you to write japanese by hand, stroke by stroke, in the correct order; with your finger or an Apple Pencil. every stroke is checked: direction, position, order. get it wrong, start over. get it right, remember it.

from the kana all the way to N1
• all 142 hiragana and katakana (dakuten included), free, with a write-from-memory quiz and a mastery level per character
• over 1,900 kanji covering every JLPT level — N5 is free
• japanese counters (一つ、二人、三本…) explained and drilled, with their pronunciation traps
• every kanji: animated stroke order, color-coded radicals, readings, vocabulary, a translated example sentence — and your own notes

mnemonics that stick
every kanji comes with a story built from its radicals, with a punchline that sticks. 猫, the cat that "hunts in the field's grass - then sleeps sixteen hours." read it once and it's hard to forget. and when two kanji look alike (未/末, 人/入), the app warns you and drills you on telling them apart.

a memory that works for you (SRS)
spaced repetition brings each kanji back right before you'd forget it. ten mastery levels, from apprentice to the engraved 永 rank. reviews are free-form writing, from memory : no soft multiple-choice. set your JLPT goal: the app knows the real exam dates and computes your pace.

playful, not childish
• boss battles: write your due kanji to strike down an oni
• a calligraphy grade (S to D) on every successful character
• daily, weekly and monthly challenges — streaks, omamori charms
• speed mode: 60 seconds to write as many kanji as you can
• custom sessions: your level, your misses, your session size
• 100 player levels and 10 ranks, from apprentice to immortal sage
• retro 8-bit sound effects - mutable in the settings

a real dictionary
all over 1,900 kanji, free to browse. search by meaning, by reading; or draw the kanji you're looking at and the app recognizes it.

also in the box
• full JLPT vocabulary (jmdict) that unlocks as your kanji level up
• lock screen and home screen widget: your reviews are waiting
• audio dictation, flashcards, guided tracing
• share your sessions as pixel-art cards
• iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad
• fully bilingual: english / french

rakugaki plus
the kana, the counters and N5 are free forever. levels N4 through N1 (1,900 kanji) are part of rakugaki plus: monthly or yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial, and your progress is always saved.

rakugaki is built by one person. no studio, no investors : your subscription directly funds what comes next. thank you for the support.

頑張って — good luck on the kanji road.

terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/