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Alternative Kanji learning methods - cae99v - 2013-09-29 Besides srsing, Heisig, and the "write the kanji 1000 times" method, What are some ways that you have, or are learning the kanji? Alternative Kanji learning methods - buonaparte - 2013-09-29 I used Arabian Nights method: Smile at kanji 1001 times. Alternative Kanji learning methods - Vempele - 2013-09-29 Heisig recog Just memorizing the word I saw the kanji appear in (I know 3000+ kanji. No point memorizing any new ones in isolation if they're only used in a single word anyway) Never tried learning to write them. Alternative Kanji learning methods - Codexus - 2013-09-29 Before I knew of Heisig I bought a set of printed flashcards. That didn't go very well beyond school grade 1-2 kanji. Also there the nintendo DS games, not bad but usually the problem is that they lack a built-in SRS... Alternative Kanji learning methods - buonaparte - 2013-09-29 Here are some of the possible alternative ways: http://www.saiga-jp.com/kanji_dictionary.html http://www.coscom.co.jp/ebook/item_2001kanji.html 2013 GSF Jouyou Kanji by Con Kolivas http://ck.kolivas.org/Japanese/kanji.html http://kanjidamage.com/ Learn about kanji http://www.kanji-link.com/en/kanji/intro Kanji radicals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_Japanese_Kanji_radicals http://kanjidamage.com/articles/most-common-radicals Read simple texts with audio and/or furigana: http://www.coscom.co.jp/j-index.html http://mainichi.jp/feature/maisho/ http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/index.html http://hukumusume.com/douwa/koe/index.html http://hukumusume.com/douwa/English/index.html Learn kanji etymology: http://www.kanjinetworks.com/ There are more ways, of course. Alternative Kanji learning methods - NightSky - 2013-09-29 I've never studied Kanji individually and only learn vocabulary. Basically I put new vocabulary into Anki with the correct Kanji, and that's it, from there I see it enough times and get enough exposure to remember it. I read perfectly well now and its given me no problems. I can't write for shit of course but then I'll probably never be able to, its not very important to me and I'm not sure it ever will be. People WAY over emphasise how much effort they need to put into Kanji. The biggest barrier and hardest part of Japanese is the time required to learn so many words and expressions. No-one panics about the 15,000 words they need to memorize, they panic about the 2000 characters they will be constantly seeing over and over again whilst studying. Alternative Kanji learning methods - madkracker6969 - 2013-10-14 I heard a while back that studying the history of kanji radicals helps in retention. One site I found is called Kanji Alive. I am currently learning the 214 traditional kanji radicals. Pretty much anything you can associate to a kanji to emphasize comprehension, retention, and recall will be your best-bet. Picto-graphs are another way. They are pictures drawn to emphasize the reasoning behind the radical placement that forms the kanji. Like the kanji 人 is supposedly two people leaning against each other, which is the symbol for person. Things like that help out immensely. If I were a betting man, I would learn as many common kanji groups as possible, colors, numbers, counting objects, etc; and THEN go about making more associations to them via radical history and/or picto-graphs. But, that's my way. As an auto-didact, I find coming up with my own curriculum works best. Good luck!