Free online courseKanji reading and writing practice

Course Description

Learning kanji can feel overwhelming at first: many characters, multiple readings, and the pressure to recognize them quickly in real words. This course helps you turn that uncertainty into steady progress with focused practice designed for JLPT N5 learners and absolute beginners. You will train both recognition and handwriting so the shapes, stroke patterns, and meanings become familiar, not intimidating.

Through structured lessons and short exercises, you will repeatedly meet essential N5 kanji in practical themes such as numbers, calendar terms, people, body-related words, positions and directions, nature, adjectives, verbs, and everyday society vocabulary. The goal is not to memorize a list once, but to build recall through repetition in a way that sticks. By practicing reading and writing together, you develop the habit of connecting what you see on the page with how it sounds and how it is formed.

You will also work with quick check-in questions that sharpen your understanding of on-yomi and kun-yomi and improve your ability to choose the correct reading in context. This kind of active recall is especially useful if you are preparing for the JLPT, because it mirrors the mental steps you need during test time: identify the character, decide the reading, and confirm meaning at speed.

By the end, you should feel more confident tackling beginner Japanese texts, recognizing core kanji without hesitation, and writing common characters more cleanly. Whether your aim is passing JLPT N5, supporting your textbook study, or simply building a strong foundation in Japanese, this free online course offers a clear, practical path to make kanji practice a consistent part of your routine.