Japanese Kana – Katakana

Learn to read and write katakana, the Japanese alphabet for loanwords and foreign names, from zero. Japanese Kana – Katakana is made for complete beginners on the way to JLPT N5, with pictures, native Japanese audio, stroke order and quick quizzes. FREE TO START • The first 15 katakana, ア to ソ, are free in every part of the app • One purchase, Unlock Everything, adds the other 89: the rest of the basic kana plus the 20 dakuten, 5 handakuten and 33 combination (yoon) kana. Buy once, keep forever, restore on any of your devices LEARN • All 104 katakana: the 46 basic kana, 20 dakuten, 5 handakuten and 33 combination (yoon) kana • One card per kana with its romaji, a picture word that uses it (ア as in アンテナ, antenna) and the word's English meaning • Tap the kana or its word to hear it spoken by a native Japanese speaker • A chart of every kana by group lets you jump anywhere, or play them all in order WRITE • Watch the stroke order draw itself, stroke by stroke, with a numbered dot where each stroke starts • Trace each kana with your finger over a faint textbook-style guide, in one of three inks, and hide the guide when you are ready • Print a practice sheet for pen and paper, with squares that go from tracing to writing on your own QUIZ • Sprint: as many right answers as you can in 60 seconds • Survival: keep going until your first mistake • Three modes: hear a kana and pick it, hear a word and pick its picture, or a mix of both • Best scores for every quiz, a review of your wrong answers, and tips on what to practice next EVERY DAY • Kana of the Day widget for the Home Screen and Lock Screen: tap it to open that kana's card • An optional daily reminder at the time you choose • Apple Watch: flash cards, and Sprint and Survival quizzes on your wrist MADE FOR EVERYONE • A calm cherry blossom design, in light and dark mode • Dynamic Type, VoiceOver with romaji readings, and Reduce Motion • iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch PRIVATE AND OFFLINE • No ads, no accounts, no tracking and no subscriptions • Works fully offline, and your scores stay on your device Every kana and picture word has a native Japanese recording. Anything without one uses the Japanese voice built into iOS. Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel (kanjivg.tagaini.net), licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.