Higaran: Hiragana Katakana

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About this app

Do you read "う" instantly as "u"?
Or do you have to run through "a, i, u, e, o…" first?

Most Japanese learning apps teach hiragana and katakana in sequence.
So you end up memorizing the order—not the characters themselves.

Without the sequence, recall breaks down.
That's not memory. That's lookup.

Higaran is different.
From the very first quiz, every character appears at random.
You train to recognize each kana the instant you see it—
without relying on order, songs, or patterns.

■ Why Random Quizzes?
When you learn kana in order, your brain memorizes a pattern.
Miss one character, and you restart the whole sequence from あ in your head.
That isn't recognition—it's searching.

Truly memorized characters come to you
in under half a second, in any context, in any order.
Higaran is built to train exactly that speed and accuracy.

Random testing also exposes the truth fast:
the characters you thought you knew,
but can't actually recall out of order.

■ Key Features
* Random Quiz — Every question in random order, so you build real recall
* Two-way Learning — Character to Sound, and Sound to Character
* Smart Review — Retest only the ones you got wrong
* Flip Card — Tap to reveal the answer the moment you're stuck
* Kana Chart — Full hiragana and katakana reference table
* Stroke-order Animations — See exactly how each character is written

■ Learning Modes
* Hiragana — All 46 basic characters
* Katakana — All 46 basic characters
* Mixed Mode — Hiragana and katakana together, for a real proficiency check
* Japanese Numbers — 1 to 10

■ 6 Languages Supported
Korean, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Thai.
Study Japanese kana in the language you're most comfortable with.

■ Who It's For
* Complete beginners starting hiragana and katakana
* Self-learners who want fast, efficient daily review
* Anyone who memorized the "a-i-u-e-o" chart but still freezes on random characters

If you can only recall kana in order, you haven't truly memorized them yet.
Train for instant recognition, one random card at a time.

Start learning Japanese the right way—with Higaran.
Updated on
Jun 26, 2026

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This app may collect these data types
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Data is encrypted in transit

What’s new

- 다국어 표시 개선 (제목·버튼 텍스트 정상 표시, 긴 글자 자동 맞춤)
- 광고 배너 표시 오류 수정
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About the developer
김주연
higaran.official@gmail.com
South Korea