Learn Japanese with Kanji Fortress
The kanji and grammar behind the game, free to read. Each page is what the game teaches before it tests you: readings, stroke order, a way to remember it and real sentences.
Kanji
Grammar
Guides
- How Kanji Fortress teaches JapaneseA plain guide to the study system inside Kanji Fortress: questions that earn units, spaced repetition, lessons, daily study, combos and the beacon.
- Look-alike kanji: telling confusable N5 and N4 kanji apartHow to tell apart the N5 and N4 kanji that learners often mix up, with the one detail to look for in each group and a common word to anchor it.
- A six-week plan for the JLPT N5 kanjiA realistic six-week plan for the N5 kanji: how many to add each day, what to learn for each one, when to review and how to test yourself.
- On'yomi and kun'yomi: why kanji have two kinds of readingWhy kanji have Chinese-derived on'yomi and native kun'yomi, how to tell which one a word uses, and how many readings to learn at N5 and N4.
- Stroke order: the rules that cover almost every kanjiThe standard rules of kanji stroke order with real N5 and N4 examples, the exceptions that catch learners out, and why the order matters.
Where this comes from
Readings and meanings come from KANJIDIC2 and stroke order from KanjiVG, both open projects. The mnemonics, example sentences and grammar explanations were written for Kanji Fortress. More levels are added as the course grows. Credits and licences.