Kana and Hanzi Reading Practice Tool
Lock script, reading, and sound together by matching kana and kanji to romaji, or hanzi to tone-marked pinyin.
About the author
Luke McLaughlin created Constructing Language after living in Japan and later learning Mandarin Chinese from scratch. The lessons, games, and guides are built from that first-hand learner experience and checked against native-speaker course work with Hiro for Japanese and Xiang for Mandarin Chinese.
- Lived in Japan and studied Japanese through immersion and structured self-study.
- Learned Mandarin Chinese from scratch as an adult learner.
- Created the Construction Method: audio-first sentence building, grammar graphics, and active recall.
- Built Japanese course material with Hiro and Mandarin course material with Xiang, both native-speaker collaborators.
What the tool trains
Reading fluency starts with instant script-to-sound mapping. The matching sprint builds that mapping for Japanese kana and kanji and for Chinese characters with their tones.
How to use it
Play one four-round sprint per language per day, and say each reading aloud as you match it.