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Japanese Basic Kanji 2136

iOS iPhone

If you are studying or using Japanese or Japanese kanji, this is a must-have application. It can help you to remember kanji with your finger.

This application included 2,136 most commonly-used basic kanji which are Called 'Jooyoo Kanji' in Japan. According to a survey on frequency of kanji in print conducted by the National Language Research Institute, 2,000 kanji encompassed 99.6 percent of the kanji used in three major Japanese newspapers(Asahi, Mainichi and Yomiuri).

So If you use this application and master these kanji in this application, there will no problem in writing or having communication in Japanese.

1, Features:
1) Writing exercise: this application can help you to exercise writing kanji on your iPhone/Touch, it also can show instructions about the common stroke orders(10 types) in writing kanji in ANIMATION.

Please touch the screen or clear button before writing.

2) Search: you can search kanji by inputting kanji, english word, on'yomi, kun'yomi, kana.

3) Detail: the detail information and usage example of the kanji are displayed in detail screen.
The detail information includes: stroke, radical, JLPT level,
grade, on'yomi, kun'yomi, english words corresponding to on'yomi and kun'yomi, remarks for special pronunciation.
Touch the blue words can invoke a web search automatically.

4) Index: in the index screen you can search kanji by strokes, radical, On'yomi, Kun'yomi or type.

5) Supported languages(UI): English, Japanese, Chinese

2, Reference:
The jōyō kanji (常用漢字) table announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education

3, Notice:
The well-used on'yomi and kun'yomi are listed, but all the pronunciation for a kanji is not covered. It is good for beginner to master the basic usage of the kanji.