Confusion should be isolated
Trap decks work best when learners know they are entering a challenge zone.
Overview
Shadow Set is the challenge wing of the Archive. It isolates confusion: lookalikes, duplicate readings, too many readings, abstract traps, hard common kanji, and stroke-count bosses.
Use this set to isolate confusing and difficult kanji so learners can face them deliberately instead of stumbling into them.
Decks
Recommended learning path
- 01Lookalike Traps
Lookalike Traps gives 43 cards to one clear theme: lookalike traps.
日旧旦早Start First Deck - 02Same Reading, Different Kanji
Same Reading, Different Kanji gives you 29 kanji for shared readings across different characters.
会回海貝Start First Deck - 03Kanji With Too Many Readings
Kanji With Too Many Readings keeps the lesson tight with 28 kanji on crowded readings.
日人大本Start First Deck - 04Abstract Kanji Trap
Abstract Kanji Trap uses 52 kanji to practice abstract traps.
事対相定Start First Deck - 05Hard But Common
Hard But Common gathers 52 kanji centered on hard but common characters.
政議関経Start First Deck - 06Kanji That Change Meaning in Compounds
Kanji That Change Meaning in Compounds is a 22-card kanji deck for compound meaning shifts.
日人本中Start First Deck - 07N1 Monster Cards
Study 53 kanji that keep N1-level monsters in view.
議憲爆銃Start First Deck - 08Stroke Count Bosses
Stroke Count Bosses turns high-stroke-count characters into a focused 52-kanji review.
議護態験Start First Deck - 09False Friends
Learn to master 52 intermediate kanji that are often confused. This Kanji Flash deck helps you distinguish these 'false friends' confidently.
日申甲田Start First Deck
Kanji preview
Featured Cards
日day, sun旧old times, old things旦daybreak, dawn早early, fast申have the honor to, sign of the monkey甲armor, high (voice)田rice field, rice paddy由wherefore, a reason回-times, round困quandary, become distressed目eye, class口mouth人person入enter, insert大large, big天heavens, sky太plump, thick夫husband, man未un-, not yet末end, close土soil, earth士gentleman, scholar王king, rule玉jewel, ball
Learning notes
Difficulty has types
Lookalikes, readings, abstract meaning, stroke count, and compound shifts are different monsters.
Do not start here
This set is best after learners have some confidence and want targeted defense.