From Hamdouchi Interactive
Japanese Hiragana
Learn to read and write all 104 hiragana from zero: hear each one, trace it stroke by stroke, then race the clock in a quiz.
Free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. The first 15 kana are free, and one $2.99 purchase unlocks the other 89. No ads.
Learn
Hear every kana.
One card per kana, in chart order. Tap the kana to hear it from a native speaker, then tap its picture to hear the word that starts with it.
あ is for あり, the ant. The picture helps it stick.
All Kana
All 104 at a glance.
The chart groups every hiragana: the 46 basic kana, then the dakuten, handakuten and combination kana. Press play to hear them in order while each tile lights up, or tap one to jump to its card.
あ い う え お か き く け こ さ し す せ そ た ち つ て と な に ぬ ね の は ひ ふ へ ほ ま み む め も や ゆ よ ら り る れ ろ わ を ん
Write
Stroke by stroke.
Watch each kana write itself in the right stroke order, with a numbered dot where every stroke starts. Then trace it on the practice paper in indigo, vermilion or ink.
Print a practice sheet for pen and paper. Stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Quiz
Race the clock.
Hear a kana or a picture word and pick it from four. Sprint gives you 60 seconds, and in Survival one mistake ends the run. Kana that sound alike never share a question.
Then see your accuracy per group, review the ones you missed, and get tips for next time.
Widgets
A kana a day.
Kana of the Day walks the chart one kana a day on your Home Screen and Lock Screen: the kana, its romaji, its word and meaning, and its picture in the medium widget. Tap it to open that kana's card.
Apple Watch
Practice on your wrist.
Flip through flash cards that start face down, or play a quick Sprint or Survival: hear a kana and tap it from four. Complications and the Smart Stack show the Kana of the Day.
iPad
Big kana, big screen.
On iPad every card, chart and practice paper has room to breathe, so the brush strokes are big enough to share with a child on the couch.
Unlock Everything
Start free. Unlock all 104.
The first 15 hiragana, あ to そ, are free in Learn, Write and Quiz, with every quiz mode. One purchase adds the other 89: the rest of the basic kana plus the dakuten, handakuten and combination kana.
$2.99 once. No subscription, no ads.
Bought once, kept for good, and restored on any device with the same Apple Account.
iPhone Duo
Unfold it. Keep learning.
Japanese Hiragana is ready for iPhone Duo: Home on the outer display, then unfold for bigger cards on the inner one.
Free on the App Store, with the first 15 kana free. Unlock all 104 for $2.99.
