Your Korean grows up with you.

Tano checks your level, skips the Korean words you already know, and brings new ones back tomorrow, in 3 days and in a week.

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A new word card in Tano: 식물, plant, with its pronunciation and an example sentence

20: real-life situations, from a café to a job interview
53: topics, from Greetings to News
3: ways to practice: choose, fill in, write
8: stages your avatar grows through

Why Tano

Korean words you’ll actually use.

Words ready to use
No lists to build yourself. Words come sorted into topics and real situations, like ordering coffee or small talk.
Every word in context
Each new word comes with an example sentence and its sound, so you see how it’s really used.
A habit that sticks
Words come back right when you need a review, and your streak and avatar show the progress. Up to 2 rest days a week keep the streak going.

How it works

Check once. Then a little every day.

Start with a short level check. After that, each day brings a few new words and the reviews that are due.

The level check: what does 고양이 mean? dog, cat, rabbit or bird

Grows up with you

From to .

Your avatar grows with every word you know: a baby at 0 words, a schoolkid at 380, an adult at 3,550. Stats show every word you’ve learned.

baby · 0
toddler · 5
child · 40
schoolkid · 380
middle schooler · 1,800
teen · 2,550
university student · 3,050
adult · 3,550

Situations and topics

20 situations. 53 topics.

Order coffee, take the subway, chat about a K-drama. Each situation is 12 to 16 words you need for it, and 53 topics hold the rest, from Greetings to News.

Say hello and thank you
Count to ten
Introduce yourself
Order at a street stall
Ask where the bathroom is
Order coffee at a café
Talk about the weather
Take the subway
Talk about your family
Shop for clothes
Ask for directions
Make plans with a friend
See a doctor
Check into a hotel
Celebrate a birthday
Talk about your job
Survive a day in Seoul
Chat about a K-drama
Do a job interview
Discuss the news

Tano’s Situations screen: 3 of 20 unlocked, from saying hello to the news

A situation page: Order 떡볶이 at a street stall, 9 of 16 words

Tano’s Categories screen: topics for your level, situations and Everyday topics

Practice

Practice any time.

Each word gets its next exercise: choose the meaning, fill in the sentence, or write it in Hangul. Practice never moves your review dates.

Your lists
Today’s words, Hard words, All my words.
Fill in
Put the word back in its sentence. Premium, 5 free cards to try.
Write
Build the word from Hangul tiles. Premium, 5 free cards to try.

Pricing

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3 new words a day and every review. No account, no card.

The level check, any time
3 new words a day
Every review, forever
All situations and topics
Practice: Choose
Stats and your avatar

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Everything in Free, plus:

Unlimited new words
A daily goal of 5, 10 or 15 words
Practice: Fill in and Write
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Teach Korean?

Tano has a partner programme for tutors and schools: Premium for you, and an offer for your students.

For teachers and schools

My story

I’ve been learning Korean since school. When a BTS concert brought my motivation back, I found plenty for grammar but nothing that worked for words: too gamified, words I already knew, or lists I had to type in myself. So I built Tano — Korean words for real topics and situations, without the ones you already know.