Kana No Mado

Kana no Mado is a calm, distraction-free app for learning to recognize, hear and read Japanese hiragana and katakana. Its lessons and quizzes focus on reading kana, without writing or grammar practice. Each character comes with sound and examples, and you can replay quizzes at your own pace.

Learn kana

The lessons cover basic hiragana and katakana, along with voiced and combined kana variants. They include native audio and instant feedback.

Practice reading

You can drill beginner hiragana and katakana at your own pace, or take a listening quiz to practice recognizing simple kana sounds. Each character can appear in three fonts: a clear print style, a handwritten variant and a Mincho-style font used in books and signs.