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Free step-by-step guide to learning hiragana with picture mnemonics and practice suggestions.
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Free mnemonic-based guide to katakana, the follow-up to the Tofugu hiragana guide.
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Kanji and vocabulary course built on radicals, mnemonics and spaced repetition, organised into levels. The first levels are free; the rest needs a subscription.
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Companion site for the Remembering the Kanji (Heisig) method, where learners share and borrow mnemonic stories for each kanji, with built-in reviews.
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Free kanji site that teaches kanji with irreverent mnemonics, ordered so that components come before the kanji that use them.
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Japanese-language site showing animated stroke order for kana and kanji.
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Free web app for learning to read and write kanji, with stroke-order animations, readings, example words and audio.
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Free, open-source app for practising kana and kanji writing and reading, with stroke-order practice, flashcards and spaced repetition. Study by JLPT level, school grade or WaniKani level.
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Kanjipedia: a Japanese-language kanji and word dictionary from the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, covering readings, meanings and idioms.
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The Kanji Map: an interactive graph showing how kanji break down into components, with readings, radicals and example words.
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Kanji and written-Japanese study site with free lessons, flashcards, games and a dictionary, plus a visual map of which kanji you know.
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