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170 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.

All 170 N4 kanji — organised by radical

Master one radical and unlock every kanji built from it. The 口 (mouth) radical alone reveals 10 N4 kanji at once.

sea
body
heart
begin
end
hold
walk
wait
stand
think
使use
make
buy
sell
parent
tribe
self
strong
wide
bright
morning
noon
night
pour
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
run
fish
bird
cow
meat
tea
heavy
institution
room
public
place
hall
shop
paper
character
quality
try
measure
sky
flower
wind
drink
new
old
station
red
blue
week
say
hand
person
thing
meet
house
target
direction
ground
eye
replace
I
thing
rice field
move
company
reason
same
depart
world
degree
power
meaning
use
master
pass through
literature
business
road
body
not
mouth
many
field
think
near
by means of
question
correct
true
taste
world
nothing
few
member
picture
death
peace
topic
serve
capital
foot
goods
wear
separate
sound
origin
special
exist
carry
fee
fun
color
bad
shop
town
send
project
illness
early
platform
possible
build
revolve
medicine
stop
craft
urgent
diagram
black
England
song
travel
test
copy
leave
research
clothes
silver
investigate
ocean
hall
dog
evening
cooked rice
day of week
China
effort