Kanji Lens - Japanese Scanner

Point your camera at any Japanese text and instantly see furigana, meaning, stroke order, and JLPT level — all without an internet connection.

Kanji Lens scans printed text, signs, books, vertical manga panels (iOS 26+), and menus using Apple's on-device text recognition combined with Japanese word analysis. 13,108 kanji. 230,000 vocabulary entries. Zero weekly scan limits.

Kanji Lens gives you unlimited OCR scans for free — no weekly limits, no paywall for core features.

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◉ WHAT YOU SEE IN ONE TAP
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◆ Furigana (reading) — phonetic reading displayed above every kanji
◆ JLPT Level — instantly know whether a kanji is N5, N4, N3, N2, or N1
◆ Meaning — English definitions drawn from a 230,000-entry vocabulary dictionary
◆ Radical & Stroke Count — core data for deep kanji understanding
◆ Stroke Order Animation (Pro) — watch exactly how each kanji is written, stroke by stroke

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◉ SCAN ANYTHING, ANYWHERE
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◆ Horizontal & Vertical Text (vertical requires iOS 26+) — signs, books, manga, menus, documents
◆ Camera + Photo Library — shoot live or import screenshots
◆ Crop & Focus — pinpoint exactly which characters to analyze
◆ 100% Offline — works on the subway, overseas, no Wi-Fi needed

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◉ STUDY SMARTER
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◆ Wordbook — save scanned words to your personal vocabulary list
◆ SRS Quiz (Pro) — spaced-repetition quiz (9-stage interval) for long-term retention
◆ Folders (Pro) — organize by theme, JLPT level, or study session
◆ Scan History — revisit every kanji you've ever looked up

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◉ HOME SCREEN WIDGET
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◆ Kanji Rotation — your wordbook kanji refreshes every 30 minutes
◆ Review Badge — see at a glance how many words are due for review
◆ One-Tap Access — jump straight to kanji detail or quiz from the widget
◆ 6 Themes — Sakura, Ocean, Forest, Night, Sunset, and more

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◉ WHY KANJI LENS?
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- Smart word segmentation — compound words and verb inflections

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◉ WHO IS THIS FOR?
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◆ JLPT learners (N5-N1) encountering unknown kanji in daily life
◆ Japan travelers reading signs, menus, and tickets without Wi-Fi
◆ Residents of Japan dealing with official paperwork and daily signage
◆ Manga and anime fans reading authentic Japanese

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◉ PRO FEATURES
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Upgrade to Kanji Lens Pro:
◆ Unlimited wordbook entries (free plan: 50 words)
◆ Unlimited scan history with search
◆ Unlimited folders
◆ Stroke order animation
◆ Quiz mode with SRS
◆ Learning Stats Dashboa