East Asian Journal / Foundations
Hiragana
Learn the sounds, practise recognition and explore how each character is written.
Tap a card to reveal its reading and example word, then open Stroke order to watch or trace it.
How practice and scores work
Browse freely without scoring, or match one answer from six choices. Twelve correct answers in a row master a card in this session; a miss resets that card’s streak. Each direction has its own score. Resetting or refreshing clears progress. Stroke tracing is unscored.
EAST ASIAN JOURNAL / HIRAGANA
Character study board
Turn a card over for its sound and an example word. Kana represent sounds; the English meaning belongs to the example word.
Japanese on the front. Flip to see the explanation.
Free study: flip and shuffle at your own pace. No answers are scored.
Stroke guides: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source and adaptations. Writing practice is unscored.
EAST ASIAN JOURNAL / GUIDED RECALL
One character.
One useful word.
Listen after revealing the answer. Choose a smaller set to practise.
Choose a small set, or mix things up.