Kanbun Reading Puzzle

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About this game

Tap the squares in the order the return marks tell you to. Each puzzle takes seconds to solve — and the more you play, the more classical Chinese (kanbun) you can actually read.

■ Four ways to play
• Order Puzzle: plain squares and marks only. Starts with the simplest mark and opens up through the full set as you go
• Kanbun Puzzle: put the characters in reading order, then see the reading and its meaning
• Mark Placement: read the sentence first, then work out where each mark goes — the puzzle in reverse
• Read Kanbun: browse well-known passages at your own pace, no pressure

■ Built to keep you playing
• New mark types unlock gradually as you progress
• A wrong tap tells you exactly which character was out of place
• Undo any tap instantly; stuck players can watch a short video for one hint

■ Along the way, you learn to read kanbun
• Passages are drawn from public-domain classical texts, including the Analects
• Solve one, and you get its full reading and a plain-language explanation of what it means

■ Easy to use
• Works entirely on your device, no connection needed

■ Good for
• A quick mental warm-up in a spare five minutes
• Getting return-mark rules to stick before a test
• Actually reading famous classical passages, not just memorizing them
A simple tap-in-order puzzle that teaches kanbun return marks as you play.
Updated on
Sep 14, 2026

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  • This app may collect these data types
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  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • Data can’t be deleted

What’s new

レビュー依頼の表示タイミングと文言を改善しました。
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About the developer
MIKOTO GATEWAY
support@mikoto-gateway.com
3-16-12, ROPPONGI ROPPONGI KS BLDG. 5F. MINATO-KU, 東京都 106-0032 Japan
+81 90-8994-0158

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