how to remember the kanji??

foxerish · 9 Oct 2009

hello everyone!!!
I'm a new member in this forum! どうぞよろしく！
A line about myself: My name is Liav, I'm 16 years old and I'm from Israel (so I may have some language mistakes so please correct me if I do...).:sorry:
now to my question: what is the best way to learn kanji?:?
I mean in what order: to learn just the writing and meaning WITHOUT all the kum yumi and on yumi or learn it all?:?
and how many should I learn per day?
and after that, how can I remember all the 1951 kanji?

AJBryant · 10 Oct 2009

Shalom, Liav!

I always maintain the best way to learn kanji is *as part of the language* -- that is, as vocabulary. Forget readings, forget kanji lists. Learn kanji as *words* as they come.

Kanji do not exist in isolation, and they should not be studied in isolation.

foxerish · 10 Oct 2009

AJBryant said:
Shalom, Liav!

I always maintain the best way to learn kanji is *as part of the language* -- that is, as vocabulary. Forget readings, forget kanji lists. Learn kanji as *words* as they come.

Kanji do not exist in isolation, and they should not be studied in isolation.

so you mean I juat have to learn how to write any kanji and it's meaning WITHOUT learn the on / kun yumi??

so how will I know how to say that word?

AJBryant · 10 Oct 2009

You're learning the WORD. If you can read the word, you KNOW the word.

People really put too much emphasis on "readings." Forget "readings." Just learn WORDS.

foxerish · 10 Oct 2009

AJBryant said:
You're learning the WORD. If you can read the word, you KNOW the word.

People really put too much emphasis on "readings." Forget "readings." Just learn WORDS.

oh...
so if I know that 一人 is HITORI so I dont hane to remember that 一 can be read HITO(TSU) or ICHI and 人 can be read jin, nin etc.?

and... how many kanji do you recommend to learn per day / week?

AJBryant · 11 Oct 2009

Again. STOP thinking about "learning kanji."

Learn JAPANESE. Learn words as they come. Learn five words a day? You learn how to spell them properly. You're then ahead of the pack.

foxerish · 11 Oct 2009

AJBryant said:
Again. STOP thinking about "learning kanji."

Learn JAPANESE. Learn words as they come. Learn five words a day? You learn how to spell them properly. You're then ahead of the pack.

OK...
I got it...

AJBryant · 12 Oct 2009

Good luck!

Japanese is a fun language. (I found it a lot easier than I did my high school Hebrew!)

foxerish · 12 Oct 2009

AJBryant said:
Good luck!

Japanese is a fun language. (I found it a lot easier than I did my high school Hebrew!)

do yo u know hebrew?☝
nice..
me too XD XD XD

AJBryant · 14 Oct 2009

I knew Hebrew *sort of* when I was *WAY* younger. All I can manage now is "good morning" and "have a nice weekend." Oh, I think I can order beer and get slapped by a waitress. Sadly, that's about it. Languages are like tools. If you don't use them for a long time, they go all rusty and fall apart.

Tony

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