Kanji lookup & stroke order
Look up Japanese kanji by character, reading or meaning. Explore on and kun readings, step through stroke order, and find real words from Japanese stories.
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Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Stroke paths: KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0, adapted to step-by-step playback. Data sources and licenses.
Make sense of what you’re practicing
Read characters inside words
On and kun readings are possible readings, not interchangeable pronunciations. 学 appears as がく in 学生 and まな in 学ぶ. The word and its context tell you which reading to use.
Follow the movement
Play the diagram or step through one stroke at a time. The highlighted stroke shows your current position. A faint outline helps you see the balance of the whole character.
Learn useful examples
Example words and snippets come from Inklingo’s Japanese story sense cache. Follow an example back to its source story to hear it and explore its meaning in context. Rare characters may have no story examples.