Japanese Writer

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About this app

Are you learning Japanese, but struggling to master the writing system? Do you wish there was a fun way to confidently memorise stroke orders? Now there is!

Characters fall from the top of the screen. Can you write them before they hit the bottom?

Japanese Writer is a great new way to master writing Japanese characters, including hiragana, katakana, and more than 2,000 Kanji from JLPT levels 5 up to 1.

It has a built-in spaced repetition algorithm which keeps track of how well you're doing with each character. Those you're making mistakes with will appear more often during play!

It's also a great character reference. Look up any character by romanisation or by typing Japanese—you'll hear all its pronunciations and see the correct stroke order too.

All JLPT level 5 characters are free to play, and there's a fairly priced subscription option for those ready to take their learning further.

Ratings and reviews

The app has you write the kana or Kanji as a game, but it doesn't display the correct symbol while playing. I have images telling me to draw く but the kana it wants is actually は. After I draw the correct kana, it doesn't repair, rather it shows く again and asks for ろ. This app isn't adequate for writing practice or learning at all. It can't even do the basics of what it claims. Don't bother downloading it.

This will eventually be a cool app, but the stroke recognition is currently way too sensitive. I sometimes have to redraw the same stroke 5+ times for it to recognize, and sometimes it wouldn't work at all and I would just get timed out. Cool concept though

Kanji works alright, with the later levels being incredibly difficult. But, the hiragana hardly ever works. It will show と and then have me draw ま over it. And when i try to draw it, it makes me draw it somewhere else, not giving me credit for drawing it correctly. This app has promise, but needs work.

What's new

This update fixes an issue affecting hiragana and katakana packs where characters could repeat in strange ways... Thanks to the folks who reported it!