N5 Kanji · Radical Method · Free
Learn 80 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.
80N5 Kanji
~40Core Radicals
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一
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.
二
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.
三
Review with SRS
Spaced repetition resurfaces each kanji at the exact moment you're about to forget it. Retention without effort.
Your N5 Collection
80 kanji waiting to be unlocked
Start with 一 — each radical you learn reveals the kanji built from it.
一one
二two
三three
四four
五five
六six
七seven
八eight
九nine
十ten
百hundred
千thousand
万10,000
円yen
日sun / day
月moon / month
火fire
水water
木tree
金gold
土earth
山mountain
川river
雨rain
天heaven
気spirit
人person
子child
女woman
男man
父father
母mother
友friend
先previous
生life
学study
校school
名name
語language
本book
上above
下below
中middle
大big
小small
高tall
長long
白white
右right
左left
前front
後after
東east
西west
南south
北north
外outside
国country
年year
時time
間interval
今now
何what
半half
分minute
午noon
毎every
見see
行go
来come
出exit
入enter
休rest
食eat
読read
書write
聞hear
話talk
電electric
車car
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