Moka: Learn Japanese Kanji

Kanji is the wall most Japanese learners hit. Moka is a kanji app built to get you over that wall, and to bring you back the next day.

Every kanji comes with a picture and a short mnemonic story, so the shape, the meaning and the readings finally have something to hang on to. Then you practice that same character from several angles: recognition, active recall, reading it inside real Japanese words, and saying the reading out loud while the app listens through your microphone. You do not just flip a flashcard, you work each kanji until it stays.

WHAT YOU GET

982 kanji from JLPT N5 to N2, in order, with 2,946 example words and Japanese vocabulary.
A mnemonic story and a custom illustration for every single kanji.
On'yomi and kun'yomi readings written in hiragana and katakana, so you can pronounce them from day one.
Speaking practice with speech recognition: say the reading out loud and Moka checks your pronunciation.
Spaced, interleaved review that brings each kanji back shortly before you would forget it.
Practice that varies: matching, typing, reading and speaking, instead of the same flashcard over and over.
Mnemonics and explanations written natively in English, Portuguese and French, never machine translated.
A calm app: no leaderboards, no streak guilt, no pressure notifications.

KANJI FOR BEGINNERS AND FOR SELF STUDY

If you are learning Japanese alone, without a class or a tutor, the hard part is not motivation, it is knowing which kanji to study next. Moka hands you an ordered path from the N5 kanji through N4 and N3 up to N2, so every session opens with the right Japanese character in front of you and you never have to build a study list yourself.

HOW A STUDY SESSION WORKS

You meet a new kanji with its illustration and its mnemonic story. You learn the meaning, then the readings, written in kana so you can say them. You see the kanji inside real Japanese vocabulary, with example words that show how it behaves outside a flashcard. Then you practice: matching, typing, reading and speaking aloud. Later, spaced and interleaved review brings that kanji back just before it fades, and that is the moment that makes it stick.

FROM JLPT N5 TO N2

Moka follows the JLPT path: the N5 kanji first, then N4, then N3, then N2, 982 kanji and 2,946 example words in one continuous plan. JLPT preparation and everyday Japanese reading practice end up being the same study session.

START FREE

Your first 50 kanji are free, enough to know whether learning kanji through mnemonics and pictures fits the way you remember things. Moka Pro unlocks all 982 kanji, every example word and every practice mode, as a subscription or as a one time lifetime purchase.

WHO MOKA IS FOR

Beginners who can already read hiragana and katakana and want their first kanji. Self taught learners studying Japanese alone. Students preparing for the JLPT, from the N5 exam up to N2. And anyone who has tried plain kanji flashcards, forgotten everything two weeks later, and wants mnemonics that stay put.

QUESTIONS LEARNERS ASK

Do I need to read kana first? It helps a lot, because every reading is shown in hiragana and katakana.
Is this just another flashcard app? Flashcards are one piece of it. Moka also drills active recall, reading and pronunciation of the same kanji.
How much can I try for free? Your first 50 kanji.
How does speaking practice work? Your microphone picks up the reading you say and Moka checks the pronunciation.
Does it work alongside a textbook or a course? Yes. Moka carries the kanji and Japanese vocabulary load while your course handles grammar and conversation.

SUPPORT

A question, a kanji that looks wrong, a mnemonic that did not land for you? Write to [email protected]. We read every message.

Download Moka and make kanji stick.