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Skritter is a tool for learning Chinese and Japanese writing with stroke-level feedback, tone practice, audio playback, definition practice, and progress feedback. Skritter is owned by Ohio based Internet start-up Inkren.

Overview
The idea behind Skritter started when one of the founders saw a Nintendo DS game that used the stylus and thought a game-like approach to learning Chinese characters would be more effective. The service started in beta in 2008 and was launched in April 2009. . In August 2009 Skritter partnered with ChinesePod to add additional audio recordings and integration between the two sites.

Japanese support is in beta and the launch is planned for January 30, 2010. Skritter is used 2500+ hours each month to study 2,000,000+ items.

Commentary and Reviews
While Chinese Characters are difficult to learn to write, Skritter "is a pleasant distraction" and that wjo;e "there are many electronic tools to help you learn to read Chinese, but not very many to help you learn to write it." With Chinese displacing English as a choice of second language in parts of Asia Skritter is a useful tool.