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Message: <blockquote data-quote="armainnef" data-source="post: 782363" data-attributes="member: 69169">You first need to understand that the Japanese Language has three classifications of characters, which are hiragana, katakana, and kanji.Normally, people start out by learning hiragana and katakana, because you are simply learning how to spell words with a phonetic alphabet (of relating to speech sounds). Thus, hiragana and katakana are your sound/syllable alphabet characters. Kanji becomes a more extensive study, since the meanings behind the characters vary depending on their usage.I started out with tofugu's useful videos with memorizing hiragana and katakana. I don't think there's a shortcut to learning it unless you memorize hiragana and katakana first. Here's a link to tofugu's video tutorials: <a href="https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-hiragana/">Learn Hiragana: Tofugu's Ultimate Guide</a></blockquote>