About KanjiStroke
KanjiStroke is a free educational resource for anyone learning to write Japanese. We provide animated stroke-order guides, step-by-step diagrams, readings, meanings, and printable practice sheets for all 2,136 jōyō kanji and 92 kana characters.
Data Sources & Licenses
KanjiStroke is built on open data. We gratefully acknowledge:
| Source | License | Used For |
|---|---|---|
| KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Stroke paths and stroke-order data |
| KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG) | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Kanji readings, meanings, grades, radicals |
| JMdict (EDRDG) | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Common words and glosses |
| jmdict-simplified | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Pre-processed JSON format of KANJIDIC2 and JMdict |
| kanji-data | MIT | JLPT level assignments |
Derived data files produced by KanjiStroke are released under the same CC BY-SA terms as their respective sources.
Contact
Questions or feedback? Open an issue on our GitHub repository.