Japanese · Kanji flashcards
Kanji flashcards.
Learn kanji the way you’ll meet them: in words. 1,240 everyday words from Misu’s Japanese course, 889 kanji in all, each with its reading and audio.
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- 889 kanji
- A chart and a quiz
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Why words, not lists
A kanji sounds different in every word.
Most kanji have more than one reading, and the word decides which one you say. Learn 生 on its own and you have a meaning and a list of sounds; learn it in words and you know how to say each one.
- 先生せんせい teacher
- 生きるいきる to live
- 生まれるうまれる to be born
889 kanji · 1,240 words · 60 lessons
Every kanji in the course.
Each kanji under the lesson that first uses it. Tap one to see every word in the course that has it, with its reading and audio.
Lesson 01First steps 9 new
Lesson 02People and places 20 new
Lesson 03Doing and being 18 new
Lesson 04Numbers and amounts 20 new
Lesson 05When things happen 16 new
Lesson 06Describing everyday life 31 new
Lesson 07Family and other people 18 new
Lesson 08Connecting what you say 2 new
Lesson 09Common everyday actions 21 new
Lesson 10Things and locations 18 new
Lesson 11Daily routines 20 new
Lesson 12Food and preferences 24 new
Lesson 13More ways to describe 21 new
Lesson 14Getting around 32 new
Lesson 15Choosing and comparing 7 new
Lesson 16Moving and helping 25 new
Lesson 17Body and wellbeing 24 new
Lesson 18Words and media 20 new
Lesson 19Days and plans 8 new
Lesson 20Clothes and daily objects 18 new
Lesson 21Learning and explaining 19 new
Lesson 22Weather and the outdoors 24 new
Lesson 23Everyday ideas 20 new
Lesson 24Amounts and certainty 11 new
Lesson 25Changes and results 9 new
Lesson 27Everyday details 13 new
Lesson 28Feelings and qualities 13 new
Lesson 29Giving and arranging 14 new
Lesson 30Plans and perspectives 15 new
Lesson 31Work and information 15 new
Lesson 32People around you 15 new
Lesson 33Reactions and effort 27 new
Lesson 34At the table 14 new
Lesson 35Around the home 19 new
Lesson 36Spaces and nature 18 new
Lesson 37Public life and decisions 22 new
Lesson 38Plans and timing 3 new
Lesson 39Trying and solving 17 new
Lesson 40Outside and active 7 new
Lesson 41Describing qualities 22 new
Lesson 42Change and feelings 16 new
Lesson 43Movement and actions 8 new
Lesson 44Arts and stories 15 new
Lesson 45Work and money 14 new
Lesson 46Connecting thoughts 1 new
Lesson 47Places and directions 12 new
Lesson 48Everyday topics 20 new
Lesson 49Doing and recording 9 new
Lesson 50Common conversation 8 new
Lesson 51Amounts and measures 14 new
Lesson 52People and situations 7 new
Lesson 53Polite exchanges 10 new
Lesson 54Shops and services 8 new
Lesson 55Travel and transport 10 new
Lesson 56Actions and attitudes 9 new
Lesson 57Time and information 11 new
Lesson 58Media and everyday life 8 new
Lesson 59Meals and health 12 new
Lesson 60Nuance and connections 8 new
Quiz
Test yourself.
15 kanji words, one at a time. Pick the kind of question and which lessons, then tap your answer, or press 1 to 4.
Kanji
How many kanji do I need to know?
Japan’s official list of everyday kanji, the jōyō kanji, has 2,136. You don’t need them all to start: the 1,500 most common words in Misu’s course use 889, and those come up again and again.
What is the best way to learn kanji?
In words, with their readings. On its own a kanji can have several readings; in a word it has one, so you learn the sound, the meaning and the kanji together, and the kanji build up as your words do.
Should I learn hiragana before kanji?
Yes. Kanji readings are written in hiragana, so learn hiragana and katakana first. Together they take a week or two.
Do these flashcards teach stroke order?
No. They teach each kanji as part of a word you can use: how it’s read, what it means and how it sounds.
Are these kanji flashcards free?
Yes, every lesson here, with no account. In Misu, the same words are beautiful flashcards with pictures and examples, and FSRS brings each one back right before you’d forget it.
Learn the words, and the kanji come with them.
Misu’s Japanese course is the 1,500 most common words in 60 short lessons, each a beautiful flashcard with a picture, an example, audio and its reading.
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