Kanji Drill

Kanji Drill is a free browser tool for making printable Japanese handwriting practice worksheets. Enter a name, a word or individual characters, then download an A4 PDF for practice at home or in class. The Japanese website supports hiragana, katakana and kanji and does not require an account.

You can practice each character separately or repeat a complete name or word while keeping its order. Choose tracing, copying from a model, or a combination of both. Grid size and the number of practice cells can be adjusted, and the remaining area can include blank cells for independent writing. Vertical and horizontal layouts support different classroom or home learning needs.

The site offers character selection pages for hiragana and katakana, grade based kanji lists and a gojuon chart. Teachers can add fields for a pupil's name, class and date. Families can make short worksheets using a child's name or just a few characters that need more practice.

Worksheet text and titles are processed in the browser to create the PDF and are not sent to the server for that purpose. Settings can be saved in the current browser when needed. Completed PDFs can be kept on the device and printed again. The site includes printing instructions and identifies its character list, font and stroke order data sources. Worksheet creation, PDF downloads and printing are free without registration.