Tadashii Kanji Kakitori-kun: part 01

This is an overview of "Tadashii Kanji Kakitori-kun" for the Nintendo DS. Kakitori-kun is not so much a game as kanji learning software. The first game teaches the 1006 kanji that are standard for Japanese elementary school students. The main focus of the game is learning proper stroke order and direction, but it's also very useful for learning on and kun readings and building a basic vocabulary. You don't need to know much Japanese for this game to be useful, but you do need to be able to read and write hiragana.

note: For those of you who already know the first 1000 kanji, there's a second game that covers junior high and high school kanji. But I'm not at that level, so I haven't gotten it yet.

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