Internet-based Japanese language learning system for handwriting Kanji characters beautifully

Abstract

Japanese characters consist of several kinds of characters such as Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. It is difficult to read and write Japanese characters for foreigners from the alphabetical culture area because the structure of them is more complicated than that of alphabetic character. This paper describes a training system for handwriting Japanese characters beautifully in the Internet environment. The learner can acquire the stroke order that is the fundamental handwriting skills of Japanese character. Everybody practices how to write beautiful Kanji repeatedly according to the suitable guidance from a Web server and always uses this system from anywhere, since our system uses the information communication technology.