Boss
Shop
Coins:
How to play
Draw the kanji for the given word, stroke by stroke, in the correct order.
- Levels go from simple (1-6 strokes) up to 19+ strokes, then restart with kanji you haven't drawn yet. After the last level you might face a rare boss kanji for a huge reward!
- Each cycle, a wrong stroke costs one more life.
- The shop opens once before your first kanji and then every 4 kanji — spend coins on lives, hints, upgrades, or skips.
Currencies
- Lives — you start with 20. Lose one (or more per cycle) on a wrong stroke.
- Coins — you start with your site level and earn 2 per completed kanji (plus 1 extra life every 4th kanji). Spent in the shop.
- Yellow strokes — spent automatically to draw a wrong stroke for you as a hint.
- Stars — your score. Each correct stroke earns points; upgraded strokes earn more.
Stroke upgrades
- Blue — 2 points when drawn correctly.
- Purple — 50/50 chance of 3 points, otherwise 1.
- Orange — 5 points, but a mistake costs one extra life.
- Silver — 10% chance to win a life when drawn correctly.
- Cyan — 5 points, but a mistake also costs 5 coins.
- Pink (momo) — 20% jackpot on a correct draw (+1 life, +5 coins, +5 yellow strokes); a mistake costs +1 life, 5 coins, and 2 yellow-stroke charges.
Boss kanji
The last kanji of each level is a boss with debuffed strokes; a rare final boss appears after level 5.
- Suppressed — a stroke with an upgrade loses its bonus effects.
- Black — a correct draw earns 0 points.
- Bright red — a wrong draw costs 1 extra life.
- Hidden — yellow hints cannot be used on this stroke.
- Trap — 50% chance of +1 life on a correct draw; 50% chance of 3 extra lives lost on a wrong draw.
A pack of 3 upgrades costs a random 4-6 coins — buy it to reveal the offers and pick one. Afterwards you can re-roll the pack for 1 coin, then 2, then 3... The re-roll cost resets each time the shop opens, and re-rolling replaces the pack price (you never pay both). Packs only offer strokes of the current level and below (level 1 packs: strokes 1-6, level 2: 1-10, and so on), and the shop right after a level boss offers strokes of the next level. Already-upgraded strokes never appear while other strokes are available — when everything at this level is upgraded, packs offer re-colors of strokes you already upgraded.
Purchase limits per shop visit: up to 2 upgrade packs, 4 lives, 7 yellow strokes, and 2 kanji skips. Limits reset when the shop reopens.
Upgrade status
Current kanji