Goodmorning everyone. My name is Indiana and I am new to this forum. I am a beginner of the Japanese language, I am studying and slowly I want to pass the jlpt in order to add something to my curriculum. I'm here to ask for your help. I have already studied the two Kana alphabets and I know them well, I am studying grammar and vocabulary but there is the problem of the kanji ... I apologize for the long post but so far no one has been able to help me (the only answer, however fair it was, it was just: study). I state that I like kanji very much, in the sense that I feel a sensation of pleasure when I see them (as if I were looking at a painting) and therefore I want to study them very well. I know it will take time and a lot of effort but this is not a problem. I can. But as I wrote in the title I am looking for the right method to study kanji (also to increase my vocabulary (I think it is very useful)). So here is the question for you that, I think, others have already asked but it is necessary that I do it again: what should I do when I am in front of a kanji? How do I remember all the readings (ON and KUN) and all the meanings that a single kanji can have?
I pasted a kanji taken at random as a "sample kanji". As you can see, there is a lot of information to remember. What is the right approach to study this and all the others? I have read that some advise only to study the words (and you learn everything else over time by studying the words). Personally I find it hard to invent a story to remember the kanji and I also struggle to associate the kanji with images to memorize them ... but I want to learn them well (I'm 30 years old and so I know what I want and I know how to work to get it, however I have anyway I need someone more capable than me to have some advice. I have also heard people who said not to worry because now with the internet and with all the apps that are, in the end you have no problems and you have everything ... undeniable but I really want to "get in touch with the kanji", I want to "see them come out of my hand and my mouth", I want to feel their essence ... if you mean what I mean ...
Finally I would like to know what you think of two sites for the study of kanji through words or at least to study words. I refer to the iKnow site! and the Kanshudo website. Again, I apologize for the long post and kindly ask the Jref community if they can devote some time, when they have time, to respond in as much detail as possible to all my doubts. Thanking you in advance, I wish you a good weekend.
I pasted a kanji taken at random as a "sample kanji". As you can see, there is a lot of information to remember. What is the right approach to study this and all the others? I have read that some advise only to study the words (and you learn everything else over time by studying the words). Personally I find it hard to invent a story to remember the kanji and I also struggle to associate the kanji with images to memorize them ... but I want to learn them well (I'm 30 years old and so I know what I want and I know how to work to get it, however I have anyway I need someone more capable than me to have some advice. I have also heard people who said not to worry because now with the internet and with all the apps that are, in the end you have no problems and you have everything ... undeniable but I really want to "get in touch with the kanji", I want to "see them come out of my hand and my mouth", I want to feel their essence ... if you mean what I mean ...
Finally I would like to know what you think of two sites for the study of kanji through words or at least to study words. I refer to the iKnow site! and the Kanshudo website. Again, I apologize for the long post and kindly ask the Jref community if they can devote some time, when they have time, to respond in as much detail as possible to all my doubts. Thanking you in advance, I wish you a good weekend.