Kanji Loom: Learn by Parts
Timothy Krechel Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Kanji Loom: Learn by Parts is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Timothy Krechel. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated October 17, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 15 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 17
- 2026 · v1.0.2
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About Kanji Loom: Learn by Parts
See how kanji are built, connect characters that share a visual part, and practise the differences that are easy to mix up. Kanji Loom turns a 2,136-character reference into a personal learning path. UNDERSTAND THE SHAPES • Open a character to see its real vector strokes and nested visual parts • Highlight components in place and expand their structure • Compare related characters without treating visual parts as historical origins LEARN CONNECTED FAMILIES • Work through eight guided families with 48 distinct characters • Add your own memory notes and mark familiar parts • Import a Japanese word list to shape your next recommendation REVIEW AT THE RIGHT MOMENT • Review form, meaning, and readings separately, with pauses that grow after every correct answer • See due cards at the top of Learn and every character you are reviewing in Collection, with its next date • Move from choices to honest free recall, then see the parts, your memory aid, readings, and an example word • Revisit the exact character pairs you confused • Get an optional daily reminder when reviews are ready KEEP A PERSONAL REFERENCE Search 2,136 Joyo kanji by character, English meaning, or Japanese reading. Keep characters for later, mark known characters, write your own memory notes, and browse compatible example words. Your learning data stays on your device. START FREE Explore 40 characters with every learning tool. A single purchase unlocks detailed entries for all 2,136 kanji and every family lesson. No subscription, account, ads, or analytics. Reference and learning content work offline; StoreKit is used only for purchase and restoration.
What’s new
Version 1.0.2 · Updated October 17, 2026
The search field in Atlas now stays in view, so you can search parts, meanings or readings right away. Kanji meanings in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Indonesian have been retranslated with AI and checked by a second AI model, as Settings and sources explains.
App privacy
The developer, Timothy Krechel, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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