About

Kanji Sensei is a smartphone app that helps you learn kanji and vocabulary easily. No need to search and download decks online. Kanji sensei offers kanji writing practice with stroke recognition, kanji reading in context (within words), meaning, and kanji extended info out of the box.

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Practice kanji writing with stroke recognition.
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Read kanjis within words - in context.
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Learn about the meaning(s) of kanji, and information about which parts conform it.

The app is currently in pre-beta and under heavy development. Please help testing it while learning japanese!

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Kanji Sensei kanji reading screenshot
Kanji Sensei kanji meanings screenshot

Download

Kanji Sensei is currently in closed beta testing. If you'd like to join the beta test, please check the instructions for your platform of choice below:

iOS (iPhone/iPad): Start testing with Testflight

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Kanji Sensei is available to iOS devices (iPhone and iPad) through Apple's TestFlight. You can download and start testing the app following the instructions below:

  1. Follow the instructions in TestFlight

Android: Start testing with Google Play

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Kanji Sensei is available for Android devices through Google Play Store's beta program. To download and start testing Kanji Sensei, follow these instructions:

  1. Join the Kanji Sensei beta Google Group (required)
  2. Enroll into the beta program and install Kanji Sensei from the Google Play Store

KAI Language School

Kanji Sensei started as a small, side project to help me study for Japan's KAI Language School kanji tests during levels 4 and 5. If you're a KAI student like me, you'll find the app specially useful in a few ways:

  • The kanji deck that comes with the app follows the content of 日本語総まとめN2, the book used in KAI to study kanji (at the time of this writing) during levels 4 and 5

  • The deck is configured so that certain kanjis will suggest you practice their writing. This is based on KAI's kanji materials around which kanjis' writing to learn for the exams, making it a great tool to study

  • Likewise, at the end of every deck, Kanji Sensei offers a little kanji meaning quizz following once again KAI's kanji tests material

  • You have the chance to suggest improvements based on your experience at KAI should you think of anything useful to add to the app during your tenure. To do so, please check the How can I contribute to Kanji Sensei? FAQ section.

I hope this app helps you with your kanji studying as much as it's helped me, and that, together, we can make it improve little by little. To do so, you can start testing today.

ℹ️ As this is a pre-beta version of the app, there could be some inaccuracies or straight out wrong information. Much of it comes from open sourced datasets, and I'll keep striving to gather together the best I can find. If you catch any of that or, otherwise, you come up with ideas to improve the app, please drop me a line.

FAQ

Why Kanji Sensei over Anki or Quizzlet?

If you're anything like me, you want your kanji studied anywhere (train commute anyone?), with the ability to not only practice reading but also writing, while learning not only the shape of the kanji but also the right stroke order. All of that out of the box, without having to find, download, and configure your decks. Moreover, the decks already come with their English translation, so that they're ready for you to start studying right away.

Why is it ideal for KAI Language School students?

As of this writing, I've been both developing and using Kanji Sensei for and with the content studied at KAI. You'll find decks developed to suit KAI's studying materials and exams. If you're a KAI student, the app in its current form is specifically well suited for you. You can check the details in this section.

Is this app from KAI Language School?

No, Kanji Sensei is an independent app developed during my tenure at KAI, but there's no other relationship between the app and the school. The app doesn't collect or share any information with the school, and it doesn't represent KAI in any way.

How can I contribute to Kanji Sensei?

Right now the app is in pre-beta version, and the best way to contribute is by using it, noting down any bugs or annoyances, and suggest any features or improvements. If you want to do more, feel free to contact me.

Contact

Please, send me an email at sugoikanjisensei@gmail.com for any matters related to the app.