# Hirakata | Japanese Widget

> Learn hiragana & katakana fast

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6471736187](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6471736187)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6471736187`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Cecile Lebleu
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-14
- **First published:** 2023-11-14
- **Size:** 71 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hirakata-japanese-widget/id6471736187)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://tokamaki.com/hirakata/privacy-policy](https://tokamaki.com/hirakata/privacy-policy)

## Description

Boost your Hiragana and Katakana!

- Custom Home Screen widgets: decorate your Home Screen while learning to recognize Japanese kanas.
- Daily quiz with streak: sharpen your Hiragana and Katakana reading with the daily quiz, and build the habit by maintaining a streak.
- Learn by drawing: follow the stroke order for each kana to memorize the proper way to write Hiragana and Katakana.
- Word Search game: master reading and identifying Hiragana and Katakana at lightning speed, and learn new vocabulary too.

Add custom widgets to your Home Screen
- Choose from Hiragana and Katakana, or show all characters.
- Craft your widget with your favorite font style, color theme, and background color.

Discover Hiragana and Katakana with the Library
- See and compare all Hiragana and Katakana in one place.
- Watch your learning progress as the characters that you've learned with the quiz turn different colors.
- Tap each character to hear it.

Test yourself with the daily quiz
- Learn by drawing characters following the correct stroke order.
- Put your knowledge to the test with a quick but effective daily quiz.
- Keep a streak alive by taking the quiz every day.
- See which kanas you got wrong, and practice those again until they stick.

Bonus Word Search game
- Unlock the Word Search game by taking the quiz for 5 days.
- Learn new vocabulary with kana, romaji, and translation.
- Train your Japanese reading skills to identify characters faster than ever before.
- Have fun playing while you learn Japanese every day.

Try Hirakata today
- If you're new to Japanese, the library and widgets will help you learn all the characters in no time.
- If you already know hiragana and katakana, use the widgets to remember them regularly, and check the charts whenever you forget one.
- Test your learning and stay sharp with daily exercises and personalized review sessions.

Explore the different syllabaries:
- Basic Hiragana and Katakana (Gojūon)
- Hiragana and Katakana with Diacritics (Dakuten and Handakuten)
- Hiragana and Katakana Digraphs (Yōon)
- Hiragana and Katakana Digraphs with Diacritics (Yōon + Dakuten and Handakuten)

Great new features coming soon, stay tuned!

## Rankings

- #433,345 — Overall

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