Japanese Writer — Kanji + Kana
Education In-app purchases
Learn kana and kanji through play!
- Rating
- 3.5
- 19 ratings
- Downloads
- 2.9K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Feb 2
- 2026 · v6.5.0
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About Japanese Writer — Kanji + Kana
Are you learning Japanese, but struggling to master the writing system? Do you wish there was a fun way to confidently memorise stroke orders? Now there is!
Characters fall from the top of the screen. Can you write them before they hit the bottom?
Japanese Writer is a great new way to master writing Japanese characters, including hiragana, katakana, and more than 2,000 Kanji from JLPT levels 5 up to 1.
It has a built-in spaced repetition algorithm which keeps track of how well you're doing with each character. Those you're making mistakes with will appear more often during play!
It's also a great character reference. Look up any character by romanisation or by typing Japanese—you'll hear all its pronunciations and see the correct stroke order too.
All JLPT level 5 characters are free to play, and there's a fairly priced subscription option for those ready to take their learning further.
Characters fall from the top of the screen. Can you write them before they hit the bottom?
Japanese Writer is a great new way to master writing Japanese characters, including hiragana, katakana, and more than 2,000 Kanji from JLPT levels 5 up to 1.
It has a built-in spaced repetition algorithm which keeps track of how well you're doing with each character. Those you're making mistakes with will appear more often during play!
It's also a great character reference. Look up any character by romanisation or by typing Japanese—you'll hear all its pronunciations and see the correct stroke order too.
All JLPT level 5 characters are free to play, and there's a fairly priced subscription option for those ready to take their learning further.
What’s new
Version 6.5.0 · Updated February 2, 2026
This update fixes a pronunciation audio issue and updates the app upgrade options. Thanks for learning with Japanese Writer!
User reviews
I think your app is great and innovative! I've downloaded alot of kanji apps and yours is one of the best I love how I can select inviduval kanjis that I want to learn without overwhelming myself!
Fun and seems like a good way to practice kanji. I'm terrible at kanji and haven't written them in a long time so I need to practice. This is a good fun way. There is a little bug where it says pinyin bonus instead of I guess stroke order bonus? But not a big deal and understandable since this is based off their Chi...
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