Kana Strokes (Japanese Hiragana + Katakana)
By James Yopp
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Description
An interactive chart of the Japanese Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries with very-high-quality animated illustrations, IPA pronunciation codes, and original Kanji characters for each character.
Kana Strokes smoothly animates each character of the kana with beautiful, precise curves, teaching proper form and stroke order.
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Customer Reviews
To some of the idiot reviewers...
Not ALL the stroke orders are wrong. I looked at the first character, A, and saw no problem. That right there tells me you're an immature liar. Plus, people don't follow the stroke order for everything. How do you write the letter P? Some people do a circle first, then draw a line straight down...
To the person asking about "ga gi gu ge go," ever seen what the characters look like? Ever noticed they look JUST like the K-series? If you add a dakuten (or softening mark), it becomes a different set without changing much (just adding a small quotation mark at the upper-right of the character). Same with your "da di du de do"--that's for the T-series (and there is no official "di", besides でぃ. I doubt you know more than 10 characters).
MY notes for this app, though, is that it would be a good idea to add a kana test to improve the memory of some people. Other than that, it's good for practice whenever you forget how to write something.
Good but...
I love this app because I am just starting to learn Japanese. I wish it had 2 things. First, I would like to have audio pronunciations. Second, I wish it was in a flashcard format that allowed me to switch from one character to the next quickly. I would love to see this app and flashcard app connect. I would buy an app like that for $10.
Perfect for what it is
Don't listen to the morons. Good app limited usability.
Works great. Stroke orders are about form and structure. If you've ever seen Japanse handwriting it's just like when Americans write English - sometimes it's perfect and sometimes it's sloppy.
It would be nice if the soften/alternative (b,g,p,v,z, & j) series/characters were in there but if you're learning to write these characters then you SHOULD be able to remember where they go and when; which is: last and to the right.
P.S. I would pay for an app that let's you practice wrting the characters yourself.
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- Free
- Category: Education
- Released: Jun 09, 2009
- Version: 1.0
- Size: 0.2 MB
- Languages: English, Japanese
- Seller: James Yopp
- © 2009 James Yopp
Compatibility: Requires iOS 2.2.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.