Nihongo - Read Japanese

 
 

Flashcards to study Japanese characters

Learn how to read Japanese characters with this flashcard-based app. Study the characters, take practice quizzes and test yourself. View results and character accuracy.

Available on Apple’s App Store for iPhone and iPad.

 

Learn the writing systems

Select a writing system and study the characters using the grid-style view or swipeable cards.

 
 

Quiz yourself

Test yourself on either a subset of characters or the complete list in an easy-to-use flashcard quiz.

Characters are shuffled and answers are self-checked by tapping the card to show the answer. Mark your answer as correct or incorrect by swiping left or right.

Practice mode is available if you don’t want the results to be saved.

Option to retest yourself on the incorrect characters after the quiz is done.

 

Track your analytics

View your results and track your progress. Character accuracy is calculated from all your test results to help you know which characters to focus on studying.

Use the accuracy indicator settings to help color-code cards that fall below your specified accuracy threshold. 

 

Upgrade for more

Free writing system: Hiragana

Upgrade to unlock all sections for: Katakana, Kyōiku Kanji