How we teach

• Words come back on time. Every word runs four tracks — translation, recall, listening and writing. The app remembers how well you know each word and brings it back just as it starts to fade.
• Speak out loud. In pronunciation tasks you do the talking, and your phone’s speech recognition checks you. Voice recordings are not kept.
• Write the characters. Strokes are drawn in order, a hint shows the next one, and the app corrects a wrong direction right away.
• AI helper. It explains the task, the words and the grammar, but leaves the translation to you — that’s how it sticks. Answers are written by Claude, a model by Anthropic, and only if you turn the helper on.
• A little every day. Your daily goal lights the day’s lantern, your streak grows, a freeze saves a missed day, and the weekly league lets you compete.

What we believe

• No ads. Your data is not sold or shared with ad networks.
• You can learn without signing up; an account is only needed to keep your progress on all your phones.
• Five interface languages: Russian, English, Spanish, Japanese and Korean.

Where the course comes from

Word meanings come from the open dictionaries CC-CEDICT and BKRS, pronunciation was recorded by native speakers, and strokes and character breakdowns come from the open Make Me a Hanzi project. All the authors are listed on the licences page.

Contact

Questions, ideas and mistakes in the course: help@daolang.app.