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    Thread: Rewriting the stories down
Post: Rewriting the stories down

jordan3311 Wrote:since I am going to try to write down the stories do you think i should go back and write stories for all 44o kanji or just write the ones that I am having trouble with. IMO, for the ...
TheCuriosity Remembering the Kanji 10 3,418 2011-01-20, 8:18 am
    Thread: Rewriting the stories down
Post: Rewriting the stories down

I never write down the stories, but for the ones that I keep forgetting I draw a picture of my "story" and throw in the kanji in a couple of (appropriate) places. Works like a charm (for me at least.)
TheCuriosity Remembering the Kanji 10 3,418 2011-01-19, 11:39 am
    Thread: Googlefight.com (word fight!)
Post: Googlefight.com (word fight!)

This site does a similar thing, but is intended for helping people with proof reading, though I've used it to help when I am thinking/writing in French and want to double check my phrases. It accepts ...
TheCuriosity Off topic 2 848 2011-01-06, 11:45 am
    Thread: Japanese numbers: 5 & 7
Post: Japanese numbers: 5 & 7

Whoa! Serif 7 on keyboard! Thanks for the explanation. I didn't think of that, but it makes sense seeing the variations in the kanji I've learned thus far. (While I wasn't expecting a serious answer,...
TheCuriosity General discussion 43 9,260 2010-12-23, 5:29 pm
    Thread: Japanese numbers: 5 & 7
Post: Japanese numbers: 5 & 7

gdaxeman Wrote:In Japan crosses (Xs/checks) are generally used to indicate incorrect and negative alternatives, and circles the correct and positive ones, while in many western countries both Xs and c...
TheCuriosity General discussion 43 9,260 2010-12-22, 5:51 pm
    Thread: Japanese numbers: 5 & 7
Post: Japanese numbers: 5 & 7

Asriel Wrote:For what it's worth: http://www.a-chi.jp/htj_suuji.html I think that the writings for 5 and 7 are totally weird. I make my 5's the same way I make my S's. And my 7's...I've never put th...
TheCuriosity General discussion 43 9,260 2010-12-21, 4:17 am
    Thread: How do you recall your kanji?
Post: How do you recall your kanji?

Quote:What puzzles me is that I am not sure whether it is a good thing that most of the kanji I remember visually without resorting to the stories - should I always stick to the stories? I think the i...
TheCuriosity Remembering the Kanji 7 2,592 2010-12-18, 5:53 pm
    Thread: Decameron
Post: Decameron

I thought it was funny. Though I agree... when one first reads the Decameron description, you don't really know if Heisig is just making it up or not if you aren't familiar with the term. or at least...
TheCuriosity Remembering the Kanji 10 4,663 2010-12-18, 4:21 am