GLYPHLINK

Match · Learn · Master

A tile-matching puzzle made of real characters

GlyphLink is a tile-matching puzzle where every tile is a real character: Chinese hanzi, Japanese kanji and kana, or Korean hangul. Clear the board against the clock, or switch to Learn mode and hold any tile to watch it written stroke by stroke.

Coming soon to the App Store See Learn mode

For iPhone and iPad. No ads.

The character 字 drawn in its six strokes, in writing order
字 · ji · character

How it plays

A row of character tiles. Two tiles showing 語 are joined by a gold path of three straight lines. 山 語 学 あ 한 水 語 火
Link two matching tiles with a path of no more than three straight lines. Clear them all to win.

Two ways to play

Race the clock in Game mode, or take your time in Learn mode, where holding a tile opens a study card for that character.

Game

180 seconds, combo multipliers and three board sizes, up to 84 tiles. Shuffle, hint and undo when you get stuck.

Learn

  • Stroke order, animated in writing order
  • On and kun readings, or pinyin with tone marks
  • Meaning, plus JLPT or HSK level
  • Example words with furigana, read aloud on tap

Play together

Share a room code and race up to three players on the same board in real time.

Pick your characters

9,900 Chinese hanzi and 10,383 Japanese kanji, filtered by HSK level, JLPT level, school grade or stroke count. Or play with kana, hangul and emoji.

  • Hanzi
  • Kanji
  • Hiragana and katakana
  • Hangul
  • Emoji