# Soragaki 4st

> Soragaki 4st (iPhone/iPad app by BUNKEIDO CO.,LTD..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/soragaki-4st/id545604410 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [BUNKEIDO CO.,LTD.](https://appshunter.io/developer/545565481)
- Category: Education, Lifestyle
- Price: $3.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 51 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2012-07-29
- Data updated: 2025-01-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/soragaki-4st/id545604410/reviews.md

## What is Soragaki 4st?

Soragaki software, the application software for mastering the stroke order of Chinese characters, has been invented for elementary school students to learn both the right stroke order and the form of Chinese characters by tracing over model characters on the screen of the tablet computer with a stylus pen or fingers at three levels. As a result, elementary school students can master not only the stroke order and the form of Chinese characters but also an appropriate way of finishing each stroke.*
 Traditionally, the word "Soragaki" means the method used to teach children the correct stroke order and the form of Chinese characters. When translating "Soragaki" into English, one can translate the word as "writing in the sky". As this translation shows, "Soragaki" is a dynamic method to give the discipline of writing Chinese characters to the learners. This time, we made a success in replicating the features of "Soragaki" in a tablet computer. Mastering the correct stroke order leads to the acquisition of the ability to write in a good hand. At the same time, students are likely to study Chinese characters, which are new to them, enjoying without any mental suffering. 
 This Soragaki software includes all of the Chinese characters that should be learnt in elementary school. Besides that, we made lots of efforts toward showing letters clearly in the same font type as the textbook in order to enable the students to study comfortably. Moreover, the learners will obtain special information about the character such as how to use the character, the motion picture of the stroke order, and the derivation of the character. Each time the learners master the each character, they will get a mark of the flower on the character as a prize. This special prize will surely accelerate students' motivation to learn and finally fill the students' hearts with satisfaction with accomplishment.

*Chinese characters have three types of ways of ending each stroke.
1."Tome" : finishing a stroke with complete stop
2."Hane" : finishing a stroke with a sharp hook
3."Harai" : finishing a stroke smoothly without making rapid stop

- Specific functions of Soragaki software
・ It contains all the Chinese characters that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology formally regards as mandatory in elementary school. 
・ The mandatory characters in each grade can be sorted depending on the pseudo-Chinese reading of each character, stroke count, or the radical of each Chinese character. Therefore, students can freely learn the characters that they want to master.
・ It requires its users to practice Chinese characters at three levels, which guarantees them that they can effectively learn the characters.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.2 — 2021-04-28

iOS14 is now supported.

### 1.2.1 — 2018-03-06

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

・In accordance with revision of curriculum guidelines, We added Chinese characters (20 words) in the fourth grade of elementary school.
・We corresponded to 23 Chinese characters that moved from the 4th grade.
  And We corresponded to 5 Chinese characters that moved to the 4th grade.
・We corresponded to iOS 8~11.

### 1.2 — 2015-07-09

・We have revised the contents of the "Using" in the top screen .
・We added "I display it by the step that I passed" to "sorting".
・When, based on the pass situation of each step, You practice some other time,You made modifications to practice from the step that You did not pass.
You do not pass or You do not practice・・・We display step1
You passed step1・・・We display step2
You passed step2・・・We display step3
You passed step3・・・We display step1(You start again.)
・On the practice screen,We display the step that you chose.
・In addition to the above We corrected indication and the notation in the screen.

### 1.1.3 — 2015-04-21

I was solved a problem in iOS8.

### 1.1.2 — 2013-01-04

I was reviewing the decision of some of the Chinese characters.

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