Commerce · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to My Kanji
Turn your name into Japanese kanji, then wear it
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Discover authentic names with our Japanese Name Generator.
2025 · japanese-name-generators.com · its alternatives →
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Kanafication▲62The best place to start learning the Japanese alphabet
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Generate natural Japanese names with meanings and kanji
Jul 2026 · japanesenames.site · its alternatives →
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Best Free AI Japanese Name Generator
2025 · japanesename-generator.com · its alternatives →
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I'm a long time lurker that recently quit my job to work on my own projects, a lot due to the inspiration from Hacker News. Now I have published my first serious project, an app for learning how to write Japanese characters. It's the app I always wanted but couldn't find when I was studying. It tries to be simple to use, you just start the quiz and go with the flow. There's no need to plan and manage your studies, and it uses spaced repetition for better retention. There's a promo page with more details up at http://www.kanjibyhand.com. It's only for Android so far. The free version includes…
2012 · kanjibyhand.com. · its alternatives →
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JapaneseTab▲144Learn Japanese with every new tab
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Turn Any Name into Japanese
Jul 2026 · myjapanesenametranslator.com · its alternatives →
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Hacked it together over the weekend. It can tell you the meaning of each character, how to write it and how to pronounce it!
2025 · chname.dev · its alternatives →
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Learn Japanese hiragana and vocabulary with cute characters
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Discover the Japanese kanji that represents your name
Apr 2026 · kanji-quest.net · its alternatives →
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Kanji Words▲62Study Japanese Kanji words with this simply game
2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Kanji chosen by sound, not Google Translate guesses
Sep 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Understand the elements that make up every kanji
2024 · nihongo-app.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Just wanted to share a tool i've been working on to help with my own study routine. It’s a browser extension called Lingoku. The idea is simple: we spend hours browsing the web in English every day. This tool replaces some of the english words with Japanese vocabulary based on your japanese level (Similar to Toucan, but with a better user experience). It’s basically an attempt to make the "i+1" method actually passive, you understand the sentence because it's mostly english, but you pick up Japanese words naturally from the context. It uses an LLM in the backend to make sure the…
Dec 2025 · lingoku.ai · its alternatives →
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2016 · otoro.net · its alternatives →
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AI Anime character generator for iPhone
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Encodes (and decodes) data as emojis. Contribute to keith-turner/ecoji development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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MojiMori ▲13Learn Kanji by breaking them down to first principles
May 2026 · mojimori.app · its alternatives →
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