Moka: Learn Japanese Kanji

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About this app

Kanji is the wall most Japanese learners hit. Moka is built to get you over it, and to keep you coming back.

Every kanji comes with a memory hook you won't forget: a vivid mnemonic, a custom illustration, and the readings broken down so they actually make sense. Then you practice from every angle, recognition, recall, reading, and even saying the reading out loud while the app listens. You don't just flip a flashcard, you drill each kanji until it sticks.

WHY MOKA

- Explanations in your language. Every mnemonic and breakdown is written natively in English, Portuguese, and French, not machine-translated. A real difference if English isn't your first language.
- Speak, don't just tap. Built-in speech recognition checks how you pronounce the readings, in hiragana and katakana.
- Practice that varies. Matching, typing, reading, and speaking aloud, because variety is what makes kanji stick, not endless flashcards.
- A clear path. A guided journey through JLPT N5 to N2: 982 kanji and 2,946 example words and vocabulary, so you always know what to study next.
- Smart review. Spaced, interleaved review brings each kanji back right before you'd forget it.
- Calm by design. No leaderboards, no guilt-trip notifications, no pressure. Just you and the kanji, at your pace.

Moka teaches you to read, not just recognize. You learn each kanji, its readings, and how it builds real Japanese vocabulary, so reading actually clicks.

START FREE

Your first 50 kanji are free, enough to know if Moka clicks for you. Premium unlocks all 982 kanji, every example word, and every practice mode, with a subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase.

Whether you're starting from zero or pushing toward N2, Moka meets you where you are.

Download Moka and make kanji stick.

WHO MOKA IS FOR

Complete beginners who can read hiragana and katakana and are ready for their first kanji. Self-taught learners studying Japanese alone, without a class or a tutor. Students preparing for the JLPT, from the N5 exam up to N2. And anyone who has tried plain flashcards, forgotten everything two weeks later, and wants kanji mnemonics that actually stay put.

HOW A STUDY SESSION WORKS

You meet a new kanji with its illustration and its mnemonic story. You learn the meaning, then the readings, on'yomi and kun'yomi, written in kana so you can pronounce 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 saying the reading out loud while speech recognition listens. Later, spaced and interleaved review brings that same kanji back just before it fades.

FROM N5 TO N2, IN ORDER

Moka follows the JLPT path. Start with the N5 kanji, work through N4 and N3, and keep going to N2: 982 kanji and 2,946 example words and vocabulary in one continuous plan, so you never build a study list yourself. Every mnemonic and every reading breakdown is written natively in English, Portuguese and French.

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? No. Flashcards are one piece of it; Moka drills recognition, active recall, reading and pronunciation of the same kanji.

How much can I try for free? Your first 50 kanji, which is enough to know whether the mnemonic method fits the way you remember things.

How does speaking practice work? Your device microphone picks up the reading you say and checks the pronunciation.

Does it fit alongside a textbook or a class? Yes. Moka takes the kanji and 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 [e-mail]. We read every message.