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Guys im starting to learn kanji few kanji per few weeks

can i get some help from u guys?? I will keep u updated

all i know till now is the the grade one signle stroke kanji

itsu,i,hi,hitotsu,.....i dont know all of its pronounciations yet

ill also look into history a bit

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[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

What sort of help are you looking for?

There are a lot of different strategies for learning kanji. I think the most important thing to understand is that kanji are not created from random brush strokes, but they are made up from parts called radicals. The same radicals appear over and over again in many different kanji.

A method that many people find helpful is creating mnemonics or little stories for each kanji. So for example, if you have a little story to help you remember that a certain kanji is made up of 3 particular radicals, that's a lot easier than just trying to remember the 14 strokes that make it up.

This method was put forth in a book called "remembering the kanji", and you might hear people talk about this method sometimes. A lot of other sites and methods have also taken this technique. The book itself is somewhat controversial among Japanese learners though, because of some other ideas it mentions about how you should learn kanji. I think the fundamental idea of breaking kanji down to radicals and using mnemonics is extremely helpful though.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago

You're not just blindly going into this trying to learn random kanji, are you? Are you using a book, some online thing or what? How exactly are you studying?

[–] emb@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Nice! Good luck, and keep us updated on your progress. 😃

My 2 cents on Kanji - which I know you might not need - follow a method. I think Remembering the Kanji is extremely valuable, even if you don't follow its exact order or keywords. Kanji Kohii is a companion app that's extremely helpful. The basic method is assign each Kanji a unique keyword, then use flashcards to write them from memory. Building up each one from meaningful parts.

For readings, I'd recommend skipping memorizing them. What you really want are words. JPDB and WaniKani do pretty good about surfacing this, and are viable RTK alternatives or companions.

Kodansha Kanji Learner course is also out there, along with a senhence-reader set of books. I don't like this option as much, but it's there. Having common Kanji at the beginning at least makes sense.