rakugaki : write kanji
write & learn 1,900+ kanji
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What's New in rakugaki
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October 10, 2026
NEW — the "notebook" style a brand new look for the whole app: Windows 95 meets a Japanese schoolgirl's notebook. grid paper, washi tape, stickers, よくできました stamps, a genkō sheet to write on, a 成績表 report card after each session, a sticker album for achievements, a 単語帳 card ring for vocabulary, Windows 95 dialog boxes. every theme works with it; dark ones become a black notebook in gel pens. the app opens in it, on the Washi theme; prefer the old look? Settings > Interface style. NEW — radicals 部首 the building blocks of kanji get their own encyclopedia, the 部首図鑑: 182 radicals to unlock by learning the kanji that contain them. when a new radical shows up, a short lesson comes before the kanji: its name, its meaning, where it sits (偏 on the left, 冠 on top…) and its stroke order. then it comes back in reviews: on its own, or inside a kanji with a gap where you redraw the missing radical. and when you write a kanji, its radicals appear next to the box as you finish each one. NEW — on iPad, the app finally fills the screen two-column home, slightly bigger text, a wider dictionary, and a bigger writing box by default. NEW — "I forgot" and canvas size mid-session during reviews, an "I forgot" button shows the kanji and its stroke order so you can trace it over, no need to scribble on purpose. blank halfway through? ask for just the next radical: your strokes stay, it shows up faintly and you keep going. and the writing box size can be changed without leaving the session: reviews, lessons or vocabulary. NEW — the games, redone, and the oni turns RPG the six games move to the notebook: genkō sheet, kanji circled in red pen, stamps and records. the oni fight becomes a little kawaii RPG: たたかう or にげる, block HP bars, your mascot as the hero. Free writing, Reverse chrono and Radicals are gone: they overlapped. NEW — start over on a level or a kanji Settings > Data resets a whole level (N3, say), or a kanji's page resets just that one. it's erased everywhere through iCloud, and the rest (other levels, vocabulary, XP, achievements) stays put. NEW — your enemies 敵 the kanji that really resist you now have their own page: reread their story, write your own version, and face them in a dedicated drill. once one of them reaches Samurai II, it joins the defeated 倒. NEW — your year in review 年 from December 1st: kanji learned, reviews, longest streak, strokes drawn, your worst enemy, your finest stroke… swipe through it and share it. NEW — replay the stroke order when you're stuck when a missed kanji shows up faintly, a play button replays its stroke order. a whole new start the first launch was rebuilt: you trace your first three kanji right away, pick your reminder time, and each tab introduces itself in one sentence. also • during a lesson, the meaning and the 音/訓 readings stay on screen at every step • the daily limit shows how many kanji you actually learned, not always 5 • the 今日 badge updates right after vocabulary • "one character at a time" no longer shows the character to trace • the reading now shows when you get a vocab word right • the part of speech (noun, adverb…) can show as a hint • the kanji watermark is clearly visible on light themes • a simple tap no longer counts as a missed stroke • writing in vocabulary was harder than in kanji: same tolerance now, and one missed stroke no longer wipes everything
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