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Thread: Kanji Gym Light Post: Kanji Gym Light My hat is off to Heisig & co. for KGL because it is so cool and so complete a program. I would have liked to see the full version! |
KANJI | Learning resources | 2 | 2,548 | 2011-09-05, 7:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji Gym Light Post: Kanji Gym Light Kanji Gym Light, a computer-aided self-tester of the Heisig kanji, was last referred to at this website in late 2009. I am pleased that it still works on recent computer OS but I would like to use it ... |
KANJI | Learning resources | 2 | 2,548 | 2011-09-05, 8:43 am | ||
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Thread: Is there a digital list of all RTK kanji? Post: Is there a digital list of all RTK kanji? Thanks for the clarification. I take it you're not interested in related fonts; just a listing of keywords and the related kanji components, being primitives. A bare bones list! A bonus comes along wi... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 19,901 | 2006-12-21, 3:52 am | ||
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Thread: To Fabrice; Re: Japanese movie Post: To Fabrice; Re: Japanese movie All agree that her early childhood was in Japan. Many sources like you cite say that she worked in Tokyo, but that has been challenged about work status (not regular but intern) and place (not Japan ... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 3 | 1,349 | 2006-12-20, 6:55 pm | ||
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Thread: To Fabrice; Re: Japanese movie Post: To Fabrice; Re: Japanese movie Fabrice, as you are in Belgium, I was wondering if you could shed any light on Amelie Nothomb and her exact employment in a Japanese company. You may know her as a prolific novelist and author of Fear... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 3 | 1,349 | 2006-12-20, 3:50 am | ||
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Thread: Is there a digital list of all RTK kanji? Post: Is there a digital list of all RTK kanji? cangy Wrote:we are actually looking for a list of the primitive elements that make up each kanji, not a list of only primitives that aren't also kanji. Hey, buddy, ya got me there. I'm unclear what y... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 19,901 | 2006-12-18, 9:51 am | ||
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Thread: Fast kanji lookup on internet Post: Fast kanji lookup on internet RoboTact Wrote:Do JDic-related dictionaries qualify? http://dict.risukun.com/ http://dict.regex.info/cgi-bin/j-e/dict Thank you for the kind reply. risukun.com seems exactly what I need. The second o... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 2 | 1,584 | 2006-12-17, 12:11 am | ||
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Thread: Fast kanji lookup on internet Post: Fast kanji lookup on internet Can anyone tell us a fast way on the internet to find a kanji with attached list of compounds and associated meanings? Let's say I already have the kanji ready to paste into the lookup mechanism--wher... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 2 | 1,584 | 2006-12-16, 8:36 am | ||
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Thread: Is there a digital list of all RTK kanji? Post: Is there a digital list of all RTK kanji? Our very own Pangolin recently posted to this website his newly created font of RTK primitives. Please enjoy! |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 19,901 | 2006-12-14, 6:05 am | ||
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Thread: PRIMITIVE ELEMENTS Post: PRIMITIVE ELEMENTS Bravo! I look forward to using them! |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 43 | 24,942 | 2006-12-04, 8:01 am | ||
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Thread: Mysterious graphics--anybody help? Post: Mysterious graphics--anybody help? That's useful info, thanks. |
KANJI | General discussion | 4 | 2,345 | 2006-12-01, 6:29 am | ||
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Thread: Mysterious graphics--anybody help? Post: Mysterious graphics--anybody help? Pangolin, you wizard, you! Absolutely correct though you knew that already. I was pretty confounded by it all. Let me say there was only one difference--the Osaka font did it for me, maybe because I a... |
KANJI | General discussion | 4 | 2,345 | 2006-11-30, 7:13 pm | ||
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Thread: Mysterious graphics--anybody help? Post: Mysterious graphics--anybody help? Successfully did a graphic edit on kanji but can't do it again. I highlighted a kanji 腹 from its display page here, copied and pasted into MS Word; then copied it there and pasted into Photoshop. Ther... |
KANJI | General discussion | 4 | 2,345 | 2006-11-30, 7:32 am | ||
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Thread: What makes a kanji "difficult" to the Japanese? Post: What makes a kanji "difficult" to the Japanese? You ask an interesting question. I have had similar experiences. I don't have an answer for it; only some ideas. Complex written kanji are complex for anyone of any stripe. That could be part of it. A... |
KANJI | The Japanese language | 12 | 10,573 | 2006-11-25, 11:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Errors in RTK Post: Errors in RTK Sure, but my point is that even he may be unaware of a particular error, as seems with "distant." (No book on earth is completely free of error; nothing can be so perfect. So no reflection on the auth... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,113 | 2006-11-25, 11:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Errors in RTK Post: Errors in RTK Sumimasen doumo. You probably could understand from context, but excuse me for writing RTK3 when I meant RTK 3rd edition and so on. I forgot that RTK includes at least 3 volumes. |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,113 | 2006-11-25, 1:57 am | ||
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Thread: Errors in RTK Post: Errors in RTK I think that pretty much wraps up the question about hooks, ha, ha. Let me, though, reiterate: the discrepency found in RTK3 regarding the kanji for distant has yet to be cleaned up in the errata. T... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,113 | 2006-11-25, 1:51 am | ||
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Thread: Optimal failure rate Post: Optimal failure rate mspertus Wrote:Just for reference, I've been tracking my success rate since Oct. 9 (a few weeks after entering all the RTK1 kanji), and it's averaged 84%. I think I'll eventually get up to 90%, but it... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 12 | 4,579 | 2006-11-24, 8:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Errors in RTK Post: Errors in RTK ファブリス Wrote:KANJI Wrote:the primitive for scarf goes without its bottom hook in this instance in RTK. The "un-hooked" scarf is the compressed version, see end of frame #396 in the book. It is easy to ... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,113 | 2006-11-24, 8:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Errors in RTK Post: Errors in RTK That's very interesting, Pangolin, very interesting. Let me clarify though: Isn't the presence of hook(s) in this kanji a matter of calligraphy style? And aren't we talking about an elongated hook, no... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,113 | 2006-11-24, 8:12 pm | ||
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Thread: Errors in RTK Post: Errors in RTK leosmith Wrote:all these tiny characters are killing my eyes too. I squint so often; I wonder if that's good for a carbon based life form. Don't worry, just convert to MAC, ha, ha. |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,113 | 2006-11-24, 7:05 am | ||
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Thread: Errors in RTK Post: Errors in RTK colonel32 Wrote:I'm writing all the errata into my book. Though I think with a 3rd edition you will have a lot to write. Even with 4th edition, 5th printing there is quite a lot. You inspired me to do... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,113 | 2006-11-24, 7:03 am | ||
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Thread: Errors in RTK Post: Errors in RTK Pangolin Wrote:It is not critical in this case, it seems. The omission of the hook is correct in Japanese, most conventional fonts omit it, however it does appear in some Japanese fonts. How about SUR... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,113 | 2006-11-24, 5:37 am | ||
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Thread: Meaning of 菌 (germ) Post: Meaning of 菌 (germ) ファブリス Wrote:Pangolin Wrote:However, the bushu of 菌 is 艸 and the other radical is 禾, both suggesting plants/cereals, so perhaps "wheatgerm" is an example of one of the "original" meanings that Heisig i... |
KANJI | The Japanese language | 17 | 5,521 | 2006-11-23, 8:30 am | ||
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Thread: Errors in RTK Post: Errors in RTK Please disregard my previous post. An RTK discrepancy does exist but not as previously described. It has me dizzy. *****, no wonder many Japanese need eyeglasses! This stuff will do a number to the ey... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,113 | 2006-11-23, 8:21 am | ||
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Thread: Errors in RTK Post: Errors in RTK Not stroke order or number of strokes but the writing itself. RTK (3rd ed.) and a standard writing guide differ about DISTANT. The guide has a hook at the end of the vertical bottom stroke but RTK omi... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,113 | 2006-11-23, 8:03 am | ||
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Thread: Errors in RTK Post: Errors in RTK Your right, leosmith! That's heads up ball, buddy. Thank you. The DISTANT error, however, is not listed. Anybody have any ideas? Also, I wonder why WAREHOUSE--in red--is listed. A misspelling in the... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,113 | 2006-11-22, 8:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Optimal failure rate Post: Optimal failure rate Some of you expressed relief about the fact that some failure is experienced by others. I'm relieved too. When I had my first go around with RTK a decade ago, I was really disappointed with a 10% fail... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 12 | 4,579 | 2006-11-22, 7:33 am | ||
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Thread: Errors in RTK Post: Errors in RTK Perhaps the edition of RTK may matter, but in mine (3rd ed.) the writing of 402 distant differs with that in the standard Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (Tuttle). Would anyone care to confirm... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 6,113 | 2006-11-22, 7:13 am | ||
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Thread: the blue kanji box Post: the blue kanji box I got a blue box but have some bad news or good news depending on your mood. I used the blue box but it never gave me the exhilaration that I get from having a PDA loaded with the KanjiLight program. ... |
KANJI | Remembering the Kanji | 26 | 12,572 | 2006-11-19, 12:51 pm | ||
