N5 Kanji · Radical Method · Free

Learn 78 Kanji by mastering
40 building blocks

Every kanji is built from smaller shapes called radicals. Learn one radical and you unlock multiple kanji at once — no brute-force memorisation required.

78N5 Kanji
~40Core Radicals
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Start with your first radical
Learn the radical

A radical is a named visual building block. We give it a vivid English name and an illustrated memory hook. You can't forget it.

See it inside kanji

Hover the radical name — it glows inside every kanji that uses it. You start seeing the pattern. Multiple kanji click at once.

Review with SRS

Spaced repetition resurfaces each kanji at the exact moment you're about to forget it. Retention without effort.

78 kanji waiting to be unlocked

Start with 一 — each radical you learn reveals the kanji built from it.

one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
hundred
thousand
10,000
yen
sun / day
moon / month
fire
water
tree
gold
earth
mountain
river
sky
rain
flower
wind
snow
person
child
woman
man
father
mother
friend
previous
life
study
name
language
book
above
below
middle
big
small
tall
long
new
old
white
red
blue
front
after
east
西west
south
north
country
year
time
now
what
half
minute
week
see
go
come
eat
drink
read
write
hear
talk
electric
car
station