In the beginning, the whole kanji is shown and then fades out. After that, the kanji is automatically written once in order to show the correct stroke order to the player. The so drawn kanji fades out again until it is half transparent. Then, it is the player's turn to draw the kanji in the correct stroke order. Players can simply draw with their fingers on the tablet. It is important to draw the strokes in the correct order, as well as in the correct direction, for example from left to right. Also, the drawing needs to follow the strokes of the underlying kanji precisely enough to be deemed correct. If a stroke was not drawn correctly, the next correct stroke will be once again shown to the player.

Initially, the player sees six kanji, and a picture with a word describing the meaning of the searched kanji fades in. The player selects the fitting kanji by tapping it. If the answer was correct, the kanji is highlighted in green and disappears together with the image. If the answer was wrong, the kanji is highlighted in red, and the correct kanji is highlighted in green. Both kanji will disappear with the image. Then, the next image is presented to the player, and this continues until there is only one kanji left.

Players are rated on their performance and are forced to retake the quiz when they have scored too low. Also, if a player does not associate a picture with the correct kanji, this pair will appear more often, whereas kanji that the player has proven to know well will not appear so often.

In order to attack, the player selects a kanji from the dictionary and then draws it like in the Drawing Game presented below. On completing this task, the dragon will respond to the kanji and attack the opponent with a corresponding attack. For example, on selecting and drawing the kanji for fire, the dragon will start a fire attack.

When the enemy strikes back, players are informed about this and also receive a hint on what kind of attack will be used in form of text. Then, they have the opportunity to defend themselves. To do this, they have to select a kanji from the dictionary. This time, writing the kanji is not necessary. However, their time to choose the correct kanji for defense is restricted, which is indicated by a countdown on the screen.

There are different classes of opponents and different classes of attacks. Different attacks vary in their effectiveness against enemies of a certain class. For instance, using a fire attack against a fire class enemy is not effective, while using water against this enemy will be very effective. Players need to observe their opponents and their reactions to attacks in order to find their weak spot. To exploit an enemies weakness, players also need to know the meaning of the kanji they use as an attack. This means the fights in the game serve to test the players' knowledge of both the meaning and writing of kanji.

Even though the player has to face several opponents in the fight, each enemy is fought against sequentially in round-based combat. The player has to select the correct syllables and put them into presented slots via drag and drop. These transparent slots in the center of the screen show the player how many syllables the searched word has.

When a player puts the correct syllable in the correct slot, it turns green and the enemy is attacked. When the player puts a wrong syllable in a slot, it will turn red. The opponent then attacks the player, playing an attack animation and decreasing the player’s health.

When one enemy has been defeated, the camera focuses on the next opponent with a new kanji above his head. This continues until all enemies are defeated or the player lost the fight. This happens when the player’s health bar is empty, meaning the player has made too many mistakes.

In the beginning, the player is instructed to form a specific compound word, and can then experiment with different kanji in order to solve this task.

The Compound Game employs augmented reality by using Vuforia. The player can rearrange markers on the table. By looking at markers in the real world, the kanji can be seen. Looking at the marker by using the camera, a 3D object or an image depicting the meaning of the corresponding kanji appears on the marker.

Some markers are connected with lines, which indicates that these kanji can be combined to form a compound word. Red lines signal that the order of the kanji is still incorrect. Green lines signal a correct order of kanji.

When markers of kanji that can form a valid compound word are put next to each other in the correct order, the 3D models or images depicting the meaning of the single kanji disappear. Instead, there will be one model or image for the compound word, which shows the compound’s meaning. The game ends once the player has formed the compound which corresponds to the task.