Japanese Kana Handwriting
張 文展 Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Japanese Kana Handwriting is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by 張 文展. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated October 3, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 33 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 3
- 2026 · v1.0.1151003
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About Japanese Kana Handwriting
Japanese Kana Handwriting is a beginner's tool for the Japanese syllabary. Starting from the very first kana, it walks you through writing each one into memory, stroke by stroke. [Guided handwriting practice] A grid with faint tracing characters guides every stroke in the right order. Clear the canvas and start over whenever you like. All 46 hiragana are covered one at a time, and the app remembers where you left off. [Kanji origins and mnemonics] Every kana shows the kanji it evolved from, along with a memorable association — so you understand the shape instead of memorising it blindly. [Native pronunciation] Each kana comes with an audio recording. Tap once to hear it, then say it out loud to get the sound right. [The complete kana charts] Hiragana, plus the full voiced (dakuon) and semi-voiced (handakuon) charts. Tap to hear, long-press to copy, look anything up in seconds. [Practice time tracking] Your practice time is tracked automatically, so progress is something you can see. [Multilingual interface] Available in English, 繁體中文, 한국어 and Tiếng Việt. No prior Japanese needed — the kana are where everyone starts.
What’s new
Version 1.0.1151003 · Updated October 3, 2026
Katakana is here: switch between hiragana and katakana in Handwriting, the kana chart and the dakuon chart, with origins and memory tips for every katakana. Added 33 yoon sounds (kya to pyo) with audio. New quizzes: katakana, katakana-to-hiragana matching, and yoon. The tab bar now has five tabs; Origins moved to the top right of Handwriting.
App privacy
The developer, 張 文展, 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:
- Location: Coarse Location
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics, App Functionality
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