The Hentaigana App Hack 1.0.26 + Redeem Codes
Developer: University of California, Los Angeles
Category: Education
Price: Free
Version: 1.0.26
ID: edu.ucla.eastasianstudies.hentaigana
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Description
A gorgeous, user-friendly introduction to Japanese “variant kana” calligraphy.
Today, each syllable in Japanese is represented by a single hiragana. But this wasn't always the case: for more than a millennium, individual syllables were written using a variety of hiragana, each based on the cursive form of a different kanji. In modern times, these traditional kana came to be known as hentaigana, or "variant kana.” The kanji from which hentaigana were derived are called jibo, "parent characters."
Teaching yourself to read hentaigana has always had a reputation for being tedious and difficult, because it involved a lot of poring over charts and dictionaries. But the truth is that with the right app to help you out, it isn’t difficult at all—far from being tedious, it's addictive. All you have to do is learn to recognize which kanji each kana is based on, and how that kanji is read. This app will help you do that.
Basically, it’s a sort of Matrix-style riff on a stack of flashcards. The app presents you with a kana. If you nudge it a bit with your finger, it will flip over and turn into the kanji from which the kana was derived. You will also see the modern kana that tells you how to read the kanji. You can throw a kana out of the stack or toss it back in so it will keep appearing. Then, once you have learned it, you throw it out, too.
The app has a function that lets you track your progress and select particular sets of syllables to practice, and an interactive dictionary that shows all the hentaigana and jibo the app contains. You can choose how many kana to display, and how often to have the readings appear. We have even included a tab where you can read about the precious manuscripts, all housed in the special collections of Waseda University Library, from which the kana were taken. And soon we will be switching on a bonus feature that lets you practice reading a string of syllables forming words and phrases, rather than just individual kana.
Developed as a collaboration between UCLA and Waseda University as a project of the Tadashi Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities, this pioneering app—the first of its kind!—is expected to be the first in a series of similar apps, so keep an eye out for future releases!
In the meantime, have fun with this one!
Today, each syllable in Japanese is represented by a single hiragana. But this wasn't always the case: for more than a millennium, individual syllables were written using a variety of hiragana, each based on the cursive form of a different kanji. In modern times, these traditional kana came to be known as hentaigana, or "variant kana.” The kanji from which hentaigana were derived are called jibo, "parent characters."
Teaching yourself to read hentaigana has always had a reputation for being tedious and difficult, because it involved a lot of poring over charts and dictionaries. But the truth is that with the right app to help you out, it isn’t difficult at all—far from being tedious, it's addictive. All you have to do is learn to recognize which kanji each kana is based on, and how that kanji is read. This app will help you do that.
Basically, it’s a sort of Matrix-style riff on a stack of flashcards. The app presents you with a kana. If you nudge it a bit with your finger, it will flip over and turn into the kanji from which the kana was derived. You will also see the modern kana that tells you how to read the kanji. You can throw a kana out of the stack or toss it back in so it will keep appearing. Then, once you have learned it, you throw it out, too.
The app has a function that lets you track your progress and select particular sets of syllables to practice, and an interactive dictionary that shows all the hentaigana and jibo the app contains. You can choose how many kana to display, and how often to have the readings appear. We have even included a tab where you can read about the precious manuscripts, all housed in the special collections of Waseda University Library, from which the kana were taken. And soon we will be switching on a bonus feature that lets you practice reading a string of syllables forming words and phrases, rather than just individual kana.
Developed as a collaboration between UCLA and Waseda University as a project of the Tadashi Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities, this pioneering app—the first of its kind!—is expected to be the first in a series of similar apps, so keep an eye out for future releases!
In the meantime, have fun with this one!
Version history
1.0.26
2020-07-22
Bug fixes and updates.
1.0.19
2018-06-17
* New "Tsudzukigaki Mode" for practicing contextualized hentaigana.
* Enabled offline use for airplanes off-grid environments.
* Quicker loading of assets.
* Smoother transitions.
* Enabled offline use for airplanes off-grid environments.
* Quicker loading of assets.
* Smoother transitions.
1.0.3
2015-11-25
Addresses issue with splash image
1.0
2015-11-16
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Ratings
4.2 out of 5
11 Ratings
Reviews
Missyinca,
Fantastic tool for students of Classical Japanese
This app essentially serves as a set of "smart" flash cards for cursive hentaigana characters, the various kanji characters used as kana, or phonetic characters. In a way this teaches a very obscure skill, since many students read classical texts in printed versions. But reading hentaigana is essential for anyone who wants to read original sources. The app is also beautiful, with the characters appearing on decorative paper grounds of the type that the original texts would have been written upon. Many thanks to all the creators of this wonderful tool!
Brave Little Iphone,
Review
So excited the English version is finally here!
abelzeray,
Functionality
Does the app still work?
splintercat,
Only one of its kind but could use some work
This app was so hyped up in certain circles when it came out that I think a lot of people imagined more. It clearly involved a lot of work, so I think it will remain foundational for the field, which will hopefully continue to release apps and other 21st century learning assistants.
That aside, though, as a flashcard app, it's kind of... disappointing? The card flipping and sliding method is frankly annoying and finicky. It's cool to use touch screen functions, I guess, but it means it's never visually clear how to operate the flashcards outside of the tutorial. I'd rather have something like the usual flashcard app interface where it's just tapping to flip and then tapping how right I was.
I'm also unclear on how this app works in terms of showing the cards? Is it SRS or just following what we say when we swipe to the left (or is it to the right? Are the cards I've finished Tinder guys I like or Tinder guys I don't?) There's no data on how "learned" a character is unlike most Japanese flashcard apps and I'm not quite sure what is being "reset" when you reset the app in the settings.
It also doesn't allow customization of card sets to the degree I would like, like certain jibo rather than the full set for one syllable.
I think there were serious efforts to make the app look good that are great but some parts were misfires. The opening screen needed a graphic designer and the background "papers" are pretty but a little distracting.
That aside, though, as a flashcard app, it's kind of... disappointing? The card flipping and sliding method is frankly annoying and finicky. It's cool to use touch screen functions, I guess, but it means it's never visually clear how to operate the flashcards outside of the tutorial. I'd rather have something like the usual flashcard app interface where it's just tapping to flip and then tapping how right I was.
I'm also unclear on how this app works in terms of showing the cards? Is it SRS or just following what we say when we swipe to the left (or is it to the right? Are the cards I've finished Tinder guys I like or Tinder guys I don't?) There's no data on how "learned" a character is unlike most Japanese flashcard apps and I'm not quite sure what is being "reset" when you reset the app in the settings.
It also doesn't allow customization of card sets to the degree I would like, like certain jibo rather than the full set for one syllable.
I think there were serious efforts to make the app look good that are great but some parts were misfires. The opening screen needed a graphic designer and the background "papers" are pretty but a little distracting.
