Recognition is not the same as recall.
Most kanji apps help you recognize characters. When you try to write one from memory, it disappears. Kanji Write Practice trains the recall by making you draw the kanji yourself.
Choose your
kanji set
Start from a JLPT level, a textbook chapter, or a quick daily mix. Pick how many new characters you want to face each day.
Draw it
from memory
See the meaning and reading, then write the character by hand. Stuck? Reveal a faint stroke-order guide, then try again. The point is for your hand to remember.
Review with
spaced repetition
Characters you struggle with come back sooner. The ones you nail come back later. A few minutes a day keeps your whole set in writing range.
Everything is writing-first.
No passive tapping. Every part of Kanji Write Practice is built around the one thing recognition study skips: forming the character yourself.
Finger or Apple Pencil
Write on iPhone with your finger, or on iPad with Apple Pencil (planned). Either way the strokes are yours.
Stroke-order hints
Reveal a faint guide when you are stuck: where each stroke starts and the order it follows.
Draw-from-memory mode
See the meaning and reading, then write the kanji from memory before any guide appears.
Spaced repetition
Miss a character and it returns sooner. Nail it and it returns later. Recall stays fresh with minutes a day.
Meaning & reading recall
Connect each character to its meaning and its on'yomi and kun'yomi readings, not just its shape.
JLPT kanji sets
Study by level from N5 to N1, or build a deck from your own textbook chapters.
Mistake review
Your missed strokes and characters collect into a focused set, so you drill exactly what trips you up.
Daily streaks
A gentle daily count that rewards showing up, without the guilt-trip badges.
Distraction-free mode
A quiet study surface, ink on paper. No feeds, no noise, just you and the character.
Write a kanji from memory.
A visual preview of the practice loop. Read the prompt, draw the character in the box, then reveal a hint. The full app adds stroke-order checking and spaced review.
Made for serious Japanese learners.
If you can read more kanji than you can write, this was built for you.
Self-study beginners
Starting around N5 and want writing to stick from day one.
JLPT learners
Working toward a level and need stronger handwritten recall.
WaniKani users
You recognize hundreds of kanji from SRS, now train the hand to write them.
Anki users
Your decks built recognition. This builds the recall they leave out.
Visual learners
You remember shapes and strokes. Writing turns that into memory you can produce.
Returning learners
Coming back to writing practice after years of reading-only study.
Why writing beats recognition.
“ I could read a newspaper but freeze with a pen in my hand. The fix was not another deck of flashcards, it was drawing the characters until my hand remembered them. That is the whole app. ”
A kanji writing app for recall, not recognition.
Kanji Write Practice is a kanji writing app built around one idea: you remember a character best when you can write it from memory. Most kanji study happens through recognition. You see a flashcard, you nod, you move on. Kanji writing practice is different. It asks your hand to produce the character, stroke by stroke.
That is why the app is writing-first. Daily kanji drills pair each character with its meaning and reading, then ask you to draw it. When you forget a stroke, kanji stroke order practice is one tap away: a faint guide shows where each line begins and the order it follows. Over days, a spaced repetition schedule brings weak characters back sooner and strong ones back later, so your writing recall keeps improving without long sessions.
If you have been looking for a way to learn to write kanji from memory, a draw-kanji app for daily practice, or a kanji memorization app that goes past recognition, this is being built for exactly that. It covers JLPT kanji writing practice from N5 to N1 and works alongside the tools you already use, from WaniKani and Anki to Genki and Minna no Nihongo.
Join early access first.
We are building Kanji Write Practice for learners who want to finally remember how to write kanji. Join the waitlist and get early access when the iOS app launches.