Read The Kanji - A simple program to supplement your Japanese kanji study

• About The Site
• How It Works
• Quiz Elements Explained
• FAQ

Read The Kanji works simply by asking you to read a particular kanji compound, checks whether your answer is correct or not, and records the results for the future. With these results, the system learns to differentiate between words you know quite well and words you mistake often. Therefore, Read The Kanji knows to ask weaker words more frequently than stronger words, resulting in a fairly challenging quiz each time. New words are also introduced in each round of words to keep you progressing smoothly and easily through the various decks of words we have available.

Below is a small explanation of all the elements involved in a quiz, what a current quiz looks like, as well as an explanation of our special features.

1. Hint - As some kanji have different readings, some words have a hint message attached to them to help differentiate similar kanji and guide you as to what reading the system is looking for. In the example, the quiz is asking the reading for 七, but this kanji can be read as either なな or しち depending on the context. Here, we can see by the hint "7:00pm, or July", two examples of words which use only the しち, so the answer is しち.
2. Big Kanji - The current word in an enlarged font. You can also click on this kanji to reference information about all the kanji in that word.
3. English definition - The English definition and meaning of the current word.
4. Japanese sentence - A sentence in Japanese using the current word in its context.
5. English sentence - A translation of the japanese sentence above.
6. Input field - Place for your answer. Read The Kanji is equipped with a Javascript IME pad to help turn your romaji characters into hiragana as you type, just like the IME pad on your computer.
7. Current Stats - This is a log of how much you've been working in the current session. Just click the "reset" link to erase the information and set them back to zero.
8. Current Decks - A list of the decks you are currently studying. Just click "change decks" to switch them around at any time.
9. Last Question - All the details of the previous answer, including the meaning, and correct reading. Clicking on the kanji or the meaning will also reveal all the details about that particular word, including sentences and related kanji.
10. Your Answer - This is what you typed as an answer to the last question.
11. Last Question's Sentence - The previous question's example sentence for quick review and checking.
12. Strength Change - Here you can see the strength rating of the previous word plus the strengths of all the kanji involved. To read how kanji strengths work, click here.
13. Current Stats - These are real-time stats of your current logged-in session

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