ippun: kanji match & reading
YUAN HANG Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
ippun: kanji match & reading is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by YUAN HANG. Requires iOS 15.1. Updated June 1, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 195 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jun 1
- 2026 · v1.1.0
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About ippun: kanji match & reading
ippun is a 60-second kanji workout for people learning Japanese. It's a supplement, not a replacement. If you already have a main routine — an SRS app, a textbook, a class — ippun targets one specific gap: turning kanji you "know" into compounds you can read at speed. You know 学, but can you read 学校, 学生, 学習, 学者 the moment they appear? Each run is one minute. Eight rounds. In every round, you get an anchor kanji at the center and a tray of drifting characters. Find the real compounds. Match them before the timer runs out. Repeat tomorrow. It's small on purpose. The minute isn't a constraint to game around — it is the workout. **What's inside** - Thousands of compounds, sourced from JMdict and reviewed against JLPT vocabulary tiers - **Standard mode** — four difficulty presets: Easy (N5–N4), Normal (N3–N2), Hard (N2–N1, the ones that catch even native readers), and Mixed (an even draw across all three) - **Focus mode** — pick the kanji you want to drill, and the game builds the session around them Made carefully, for one purpose. We read every email — if a compound looks wrong, a reading is off, or you want to suggest something, write to us.
What’s new
Version 1.1.0 · Updated June 1, 2026
***v1.1.0*** - Collection: filter by level (Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced) - Compound detail UI: surface level, reading system, and usage - Minor bugs fixed.
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App privacy
The developer, YUAN HANG, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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