Look up anything.
Draw a character, type a word, speak it, or pull text from an image. Kanquer connects the result to readings, stroke order, and definitions in English or Japanese.
The Japanese study playground
Draw it. Read it. Make it stick.
Kanquer brings handwriting, a bilingual dictionary, quick games, and your own flashcards into one place—so a word you notice can become a word you know.
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Many tools. One study loop.
From “what is that?” to “I know it.”
Learn by playing.
Reader and handwriting games turn recognition into recall. Choose a Kanken-aligned level, work through a focused round, and use real results to see what deserves another pass.
Build the set you need.
Save the useful discoveries, keep a drawing and lookup history, and shape them into personal flashcards. Your study material grows out of what you actually encounter.
A tool when you need one. A game when you don’t.
Follow your curiosity.
Japanese rarely arrives in neat lesson order. Kanquer is designed for the word on a sign, the kanji in a manga panel, the reading you almost remembered, and the ten minutes you have right now.
01Notice something→
02Look, draw, or listen→
03Save what matters→
04Play until it sticks↻
Working product. Still evolving.
Built around the way Japanese feels.
Kanquer is in active development across phone, tablet, and desktop. These are real screens from the current build—not concept art.
Ink first
Freehand input with stroke-aware matching, history, playback, and a fast candidate grid.
Practice with purpose
Reading rounds built from level-aware vocabulary and immediate feedback.
Choose your depth
Move from first characters through advanced Kanken-aligned groups at your own pace.
A very short introduction
Meet Kanquer in fifteen seconds.
Draw, discover, play, and keep what matters—coming to Steam Deck, iOS, iPadOS, and Android.
Private by posture
Your study stays yours.
The current Kanquer build has no ads, no third-party analytics, and no tracking profile. Core dictionary and handwriting work is designed to stay useful offline; optional account and sync features are being built separately.
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