FinancialWar
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- 19 May 2006
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I am doing about 20 Kanji a week, so it will take me about 2 years to get through this book. Yes I am taking it slow.
What about you?
What about you?
How long did it take you to finish remembering The Kanji book 1?
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When you say 20 per week, what are you learning exactly? Is it just the meanings of the characters or also the readings?
I sustained 50 per week (meanings only) for quite a while, en route to learning all the Joyo kanji, which I finally completed. I did not use RTK, however. I believe it uses mnemonics, which I don't fancy at all, though obviously people differ.
However, the biggest problem is not learning them, but remembering them, if you get what I mean. The more you learn, the more effort it takes just to keep from forgetting what you've learnt. When you get to thousands, it takes forever just to revise all of what you're supposed to know. I have a big tub of cards, with all the Joyo kanji, and when I have a couple of minutes I grab a handful and revise them, then put them in another tub. When I get to the end, I start over again. When I neglect this, it is distressing how much I forget in just a few weeks.
I sustained 50 per week (meanings only) for quite a while, en route to learning all the Joyo kanji, which I finally completed. I did not use RTK, however. I believe it uses mnemonics, which I don't fancy at all, though obviously people differ.
However, the biggest problem is not learning them, but remembering them, if you get what I mean. The more you learn, the more effort it takes just to keep from forgetting what you've learnt. When you get to thousands, it takes forever just to revise all of what you're supposed to know. I have a big tub of cards, with all the Joyo kanji, and when I have a couple of minutes I grab a handful and revise them, then put them in another tub. When I get to the end, I start over again. When I neglect this, it is distressing how much I forget in just a few weeks.
It took about 100 hours to get book 1 into my short term memory and about another 100 hours of reviews on Anki to solidify the knowledge.
I did it in about a month during the holidays a few years back.
In the end it was worth it because learning vocabulary became alot faster, similar looking kanji doesn't lead to frustration anymore and learning new characters is a breeze.
I did it in about a month during the holidays a few years back.
In the end it was worth it because learning vocabulary became alot faster, similar looking kanji doesn't lead to frustration anymore and learning new characters is a breeze.
