I'm a beginner as I explained previously in other posts, but have recently started taking classes, and previous to that I've been watching unhealthy amounts of anime that have certainly helped me understand the Japanese culture, as well as some common phrases or words.
By now, I have memorized all hiragana, and are about to finish katakana as well, and want to move on to kanjis (chinese characters, right?). My class, however, is not going as fast, they are barely half way through on the hiraganas, and haven't even started katakana.
I've been reading several posts here and there, and noticed something about ON reading and KUN reading, whatever that means.
I'd like to know before moving to kanjis exclusively if there's something important I should be aware of, or if I should just apply the same "engrave into mind" system as hiragana and katakana and that should be good enough.
I have noticed something interesting ("interesting" because I lack the knowledge, of course) that the kanji for ima 今 (now) placed next to the kanji for ni 日 (day) translates into "kyou", which means "today". In terms of logic, I can understand that "now day" could be the equivalent of "today". However, I'd like to now if there's a particular reason for this.
Thanks in advance. I hope I'm not asking too much.
By now, I have memorized all hiragana, and are about to finish katakana as well, and want to move on to kanjis (chinese characters, right?). My class, however, is not going as fast, they are barely half way through on the hiraganas, and haven't even started katakana.
I've been reading several posts here and there, and noticed something about ON reading and KUN reading, whatever that means.
I'd like to know before moving to kanjis exclusively if there's something important I should be aware of, or if I should just apply the same "engrave into mind" system as hiragana and katakana and that should be good enough.
I have noticed something interesting ("interesting" because I lack the knowledge, of course) that the kanji for ima 今 (now) placed next to the kanji for ni 日 (day) translates into "kyou", which means "today". In terms of logic, I can understand that "now day" could be the equivalent of "today". However, I'd like to now if there's a particular reason for this.
Thanks in advance. I hope I'm not asking too much.