An illustration of the KanjiCard applet in action.
Welcome to the Java Kanji Flashcards homepage. This Java applet will help you learn the 500 most commonly occuring Japanese Kanji. If you would like to use an online dictionary to learn more and study other Kanji, please try Kiki's Kanji Dictionary which has thousands more Kanji, definitions, and compounds in an easy to use, browsable dictionary format.
You can learn about this project in our Introduction .
If you are already familiar with this program, you can use the Flashcards online.
For a tutorial introduction and documentation, please read the Help pages.
If you would like to print out paper versions of the Kanji Flashcards, please start Printing .
For developer and researcher credits, papers, grants, and links to related projects, please check our References page.
Don't like frames? Have a small screen? Please select the Non-Frames version of this site.
The Java Kanji Flashcard 500 project was made possible by grants from the Japan Foundation Assistance Program for the Development of Japanese-Language Teaching Recourses and the DePaul Univerisity Quality of Instruction Council and DePaul University Academic Technology Development. The flashcard database was developed with data from Asashi Newspaper Inc. (Asahi Shinbun-sha) and is used with permission.
