Kaketa

Write Japanese words by hand. Skip the ones you already know.

See the reading, write the kanji, check the stroke order. Easily mark the words you have already mastered.

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Requires iOS or iPadOS 26 or later. Apple Pencil is optional. Free. No sign up required.

Kaketa on iPhone

Kaketa after a handwriting check: the reading にほん with the meaning Japan, 日本 written by hand over the correct strokes, and the verdict Looks right.

The Practice tab: the first grade’s kanji in a grid, mastered ones shaded, with a card held open on 本 showing its stroke order, meaning, readings, and a Practice button.

Grade 1 in the Words tab: a progress bar of mastered, learning, and new words, and its sections, with a seal on the ones already mastered.

Write the word, show the answer, and see every stroke checked.

Press a kanji to see its stroke order and how its words are going.

Mark words you already know. The rest resurface when you’re about to forget them.

Practice words:

By school grade: the kanji taught in each year of Japanese elementary school, with common words for each
By JLPT level: N5 to N1
My Words: your address, your family’s names, phrases from a letter you need to write by hand

Also:

Checks each stroke you write against the standard stroke order, on your device
Progress syncs between iPhone and iPad
Meanings in English, Japanese, or Tagalog
Quickly mark whole sections or groups as mastered
Customize your prompt: the reading, the meaning, or an example sentence

Privacy:

Kaketa has no account and no analytics. Your progress stays on your device and in your own iCloud, and the handwriting check runs on your device too. Nothing leaves your device. Details.