Japanese characters kanji writing on Android

English version for iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad)

Asahi Kanji application for Android™
Asahi Kanji Writing drills

For a presentation of the whole application please see:
https://www.japanese-kanji.com/android/english/asahikanji-en-android.htm

How to use:

Draw the kanji whose meanings, on-yomi and kun-yomi are displayed at the top of the screen.

This type of exercise should be done only after practising the corresponding visual recognition drill (multiple choice drill).

If you need help to get started, you can get a glimpse of the first constituent parts of the kanji with a tap on any buttons marked from 1 to 6.
These buttons act as a toggle to show/hide up to six hints, in any order or combination.

For lack of space on small screens, only the first six elements are displayed. If you need more help, tap the Answer button to see the complete kanji. You can then go back to the drawing pad.

Once you are satisfied with what you have drawn, tap the Answer button. You will then be able to compare your answer with the target kanji.

You can go back to the drawing panel as many times as you want to try again.

Tap the Show strokes button if you are interested in the stroke order (see below for information about this order).

This is not a calligraphy test, as it is not easy to draw with a finger on a small screen.
It is a little easier if you have a tablet with a stylus.

The purpose of the drill is to help you memorize the elements and strokes of kanji.
A quick and dirty scribbling is ok, as long as you drew the right strokes in the right place.
You are the best judge on whether what you drew is correct or not.

The Optical Recognition Engine (Tesseract) used in this app is not good at recognizing handwriting and using it to set a score would just cause unnecessary frustration.

You are advised to start working on small sets of kanji, typically 60 characters.

You have two ways to build personalized sets.

1) by subtracting

When you mark a kanji as known, it will be removed from future drills. As you master a set, the number of questions will dwindle.
Start with 60 kanji and repeat the drill until there are no more cards.
2) by adding

You can add kanji you want to concentrate on to the Repeat stack. This stack will grow as big as you wish.

If you leave Asahi Kanji in the middle of a Multiple Choice test, you will be able to continue it anytime later where you have left it (same progress, same score), even in the case the app has been killed by the system.

The present Writing drill has to behave differently because it includes a button to mark kanji as "known".
Interrupted drills have to be restarted to allow for the modified number of kanji to test.

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About stroke order

According to the Wikipedia page on stroke order https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke_order
the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology lets editors freely prescribe a character's stroke order, which all should "follow commonsensical orders which are widely accepted in the society".

Please read the general guidelines on the Wikipedia page and notice the repeated use of the phrase "usually written".
Some Japanese people have forgotten what they have been taught at school in their youth and are not so sure about the "correct" order, so do not overemphasize this order.

Handwriting recognition software generally relies on stroke order and must allow some variants.

Please also note that there are different rules and standards concerning stroke order in different countries.

draw panel (image source: Wikipedia)

ROC is the Republic of China i.e. Taiwan.
PRC is the People republic of China i.e. mainland China.

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