JLPT N4 Kanji · Story Method · Free

80 N4 Kanji
taught through story

Every kanji here has a cinematic mnemonic, named radicals, a reading hook, and a real example sentence. No rote memorisation — you learn by watching the character come alive.

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See the story

Every N4 kanji has a vivid 2-3 sentence mnemonic built around its radicals. The kanji becomes a scene you can picture, not a shape you have to memorise.

Hook the reading

A separate character-name sound hook locks the reading into your memory — so you never confuse 思 (omou) with 使 (tsukau) again.

See it in real Japanese

Every entry includes a real example sentence with translation plus three vocabulary words the kanji appears in — so you can read it the moment you meet it in the wild.

80 kanji — organised by theme

Nature, body, actions, commerce, family, descriptors, and time — the foundational N4 kanji you meet first in real Japanese.

sea
forest
star
cloud
rock
face
head
body
heart
neck
begin
end
hold
walk
wait
stand
think
使use
make
work
buy
sell
parent
tribe
self
strong
weak
wide
bright
morning
noon
night
pour
dark
spring
summer
autumn
winter
older brother
older sister
younger brother
younger sister
know
return
live
wake up
borrow
lend
teach
learn
answer
gather
cut
open
close
run
fly
fish
bird
cow
horse
meat
tea
hot weather
cold
heavy
light
institution
place
room
public
garden
place
hall
shop
paper
character
quality
try
measure