Learn to read Japanese, one page at a time.
Free reference and practice tools for Japanese learners: every JLPT kanji with readings and real example words, complete kana charts, and a no-sign-up quiz. Built to be fast, accurate and pleasant to read.
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New to JapaneseStart with hiragana and learn the first 46 sounds.
Studying for JLPTFollow the N5–N1 kanji lists in useful frequency order.
Ready to practiseTake a quick no-sign-up quiz with instant feedback.
Choose your JLPT kanji level
Go straight to the list that matches your current goal. Each level is ordered by real-world frequency.
JLPT N579 kanji — the first kanji every learner meets — numbers, days, people and places.JLPT N4166 kanji — everyday kanji for basic conversations and signs.JLPT N3367 kanji — the bridge to intermediate Japanese — news headlines start making sense.JLPT N2367 kanji — upper-intermediate kanji for work, novels and most native content.JLPT N11232 kanji — advanced kanji — the long tail you meet in literature and formal writing.
Kanji by JLPT level
2211 kanji across N5–N1, each with its own page: meanings, on/kun readings with romaji, and common words.
Hiragana chart
All 46 characters with romaji, dakuten and combination sounds — plus how-to-read tips.
Katakana chart
The loanword script, same sounds as hiragana. Includes long-vowel and small-tsu rules.
Kana quiz
Ten-question rounds with instant feedback. Choose hiragana, katakana or both.
Kanji radicals
The building blocks of kanji — 194 radicals with meanings and the kanji built from each.
JLPT vocabulary
Every N5–N1 word with readings, romaji, meanings and tap-to-speak audio.
Verb conjugation
Every JLPT verb with all sixteen forms side by side — plus a plain-English guide to how conjugation works.
Adjective conjugation
I-adjectives and na-adjectives, every form — plus the きれい trap and the one irregular word.
JLPT grammar
N5–N3 particles, verb forms and core patterns — with spoken example sentences and common mistakes.
Vocabulary quiz
Meaning and reading rounds for all five JLPT levels, with audio.
Culture guides
Seasons, sakura, wagashi, tea, eras and the zodiac — learn the story and its words together.
Kanji quiz (N5–N1)
Guess meanings or readings with combos, sounds and a rank stamp at the end.
Avatar maker
Build your own Kanji Sensei — feathers, haori, wagara background and your own kanji hanko — and download it free.
Counter quiz
3本 → さんぼん or さんほん? Ten questions where every wrong answer is a near-miss.
Counters
Why 一本 is ippon but 一枚 is ichimai — every common counter with all ten readings.
Japanese numbers
Count to 100 with ten words, then to 100 million — including the sound changes.
Start here: your first kanji
The most frequent N5 kanji — click any of them to see how a kanji page works.
日day, sun一one, one radical (no.1)国country人person年year, counter for years大large, big十ten二two, two radical (no. 7)本book, present中in, inside長long, leader出exit, leave
Meet Kanji Sensei
漢字先生 (Kanji Sensei) is the owl who runs this library. Owls see in the dark, which is roughly what reading 2,000 kanji feels like at first — this one is here to make it less dark. Kanji Sensei turns up at the end of every quiz to judge your round, brush in wing.
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