Kanji Teacher - Learn Japanese

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Kanji Teacher - Learn Japanese Summary

Kanji Teacher - Learn Japanese is a mobile iOS app in Education by Christian Rusche. Released in Nov 2015 (10 years ago). It has 406 ratings with a 4.69★ (excellent) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 422 monthly active users . Store metadata: updated Nov 18, 2025.

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Store info: Last updated on App Store on Nov 18, 2025 .


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A.: »10/10: The best app for kanji learning!«
B.: »Carefully crafted app. Very nice done.«
F.: »Near-perfect app, 100% free and no ads!«
S.: »I'm using this app every day, it's addicting. I have tried a lot of other apps, but this one I love!.«
K.: »A blessing to those wanting to master Japanese reading and writing.«
S.: »I've tried so many apps & this BY FAR is the best one.«
J.: »Free, no ads, no weird data collection, no in-app purchases; and the app itself is great too.«

Kanji Teacher knows not only all the 2,136 jōyō kanjis and their readings, but also the 10,000 most common Japanese words and how to pronounce them. This unique combination enables you to learn the Kun- and On-readings of the kanjis and apply and test what you have learnt straight away: both how to read a word and how to write a word you know.

Kanji Teacher has more features you'll love:

○ Practise your writing with Kanji Teacher! Every stroke is analysed: do the position, direction and order match up with the correct way of writing? Kanji Teacher helps you out with hints to begin with, but as you progress further you’ll be on your own.

○ Kanji Teacher is also a Kana teacher: learn how to read and write Hiragana and Katakana. 

○ Kanji Teacher comes with two dedicated tutors – one for Kana and one for Kanji. These tutors will accompany you through the entire learning process, explain Kanji Teacher, introduce new characters, present the tests and celebrate achievements.

○ Kanji Teacher uses multiple choice so you can be sure that you really do know the answer. And it also compiles the possible answers intelligently, ensuring that they all make sense and are similar to the correct answer, because Kanji Teacher is a teacher after all – it's strict, but this helps you learn more quickly.

○ Kanji Teacher uses a Leitner system so you can learn easy kanjis quickly and focus on the more difficult ones.

○ Kanji Teacher comes with around 6,000 sample sentences: Around 8,000 tests have been created based on these sentences, where the corresponding Kanji is omitted and has to be found. In addition you will find tests for 127 important geographical locations in Japan and over 1,300 Japanese first names and surnames together with their reading.

○ Kanjis can be grouped by JLPT level and school year and, most importantly, you can switch between both views