Why you should care about another Kanji Software:
#1 - Do you really know your Kanji readings+English meaning? No, I don't mean recognize them. Try opening your favorite Kanji quiz flash-cards. Now before seeing the readings, write down EVERY reading for the Kanji you see. Satisfied? No need to continue reading.
#2 - Results/Numbers. So, I argue you can learn 5 - 15 Kanji ( on-yomi/Kun-yomi + English meaning + [Maybe even some compounds that use it, if you feel so inclined ] ) a day in 1 - 3 hours respectively. This does vary person to person, so you have to do the math. So think, even 5 kanji a day for 360 days ( yeah, you may miss 6 days ), 1800 Kanj! Learn 2000+ in under a year? With effort.
#3 - There is a mnemonic in using the quiz itself. The format of the quiz ( namely the number of boxes present ) will actually aid in memorizing the readings. Of course, looking up the meanings for readings also helps, and looking at compounds that use other readings.
#4 - Quiz actually "does the work for you." I mean, you have a set course. First, take a review quiz, then after you are able to input all correctly ( 20 Questions ), you may take the Kanji Test ( 20 Qs ). The score you make on the Kanji Test will decide if you are ready for new Kanji to review or not. It will only give 5 new Kanji per Test. You review these by taking the Kanji Review. Therefore, ONLY take Kanji Test when you are confident you can answer all correctly! Else, the Quizer will annoy you with missed that Kanji for a few more tests to come.
#5 - Only Kanji Quizer you need. You can now use flash-cards for manageable pieces of information ( grammar/words/sentences? ), not for learning large amounts of information ( for one Kanji ).
Now, what everyone was wanting to know, the drawbacks.
- 1: Online test, Data concern? It doesn't take much, but per revolution of 20 questions yeidls about 0.00064MB == 640Bytes, a minimum of 3 revolutions + 1 more for the test yields: 0.0256 == 25600Bytes.
- 2: The program is new. Essentially, you along with me, will be beta testers. This means more down-time, there may be bugs to fix, no JLPT 1 yet. However, I am using it and don't see a problem with the Quizer itself.
- 3: Keyboard is a must. That rules out many users. Not to say it is not possible without one, however, this will certainly affect your progress. It is already an average of 1hr per session, take away the keyboard?
- 4: It is likely you will hit a Kanji with excess of 10 readings. This is scary, I know. There is also not much information as to why these are needed, but it is also likely you will notice these unknown readings while "reading" Japanese, then you will realize why that reading was there. Suggestion for learning these?? Spend the time to type them down, look up some meanings ( that have meaning on their own ), look at compounds, but mostly, drill yourself until you can type them all in.
Example: Kanji for life: (? cannot enter Kanji here, weird) On-yomi: sei, shou; KunYomi: ikiru, ikeru, ikasu, umu, umare, umareru, musu, ou, haeru, hayasu, ki, u, naru, nasu, nama;
( I may be missing some, but those are from memory )
- 5: The Quizer does "bite" you for wrong answers on the Kanji Test; strive for 100% accuracy. It is VERY important to only use this test when you have properly reviewed and can answer all correctly. If you miss one, it may not allow you to receive 5 new Kanji. It becomes worse when you miss one Kanji multiple times ( even in the same test ). You are warned.
- 6: The password thing is waay strict. Kinda silly, but it's there. FYI: 2 UPPER, 2 lower, 2 SPEC@AL, 2 NUMB3RS, and it checks for repeating characters... Be prepared. Other than that, all the information is one the site ( KanjiChallengeComplete.com ). It is also NOT searchable by web-browser. Likely because it is still new.
If you want to take the challenge, I challenge you to at least read how to use the quiz first, but please evaluate for yourself:
KanjiChallengeComplete.com
Thanks for at least reading this far! I pray you found something you liked.
#1 - Do you really know your Kanji readings+English meaning? No, I don't mean recognize them. Try opening your favorite Kanji quiz flash-cards. Now before seeing the readings, write down EVERY reading for the Kanji you see. Satisfied? No need to continue reading.
#2 - Results/Numbers. So, I argue you can learn 5 - 15 Kanji ( on-yomi/Kun-yomi + English meaning + [Maybe even some compounds that use it, if you feel so inclined ] ) a day in 1 - 3 hours respectively. This does vary person to person, so you have to do the math. So think, even 5 kanji a day for 360 days ( yeah, you may miss 6 days ), 1800 Kanj! Learn 2000+ in under a year? With effort.
#3 - There is a mnemonic in using the quiz itself. The format of the quiz ( namely the number of boxes present ) will actually aid in memorizing the readings. Of course, looking up the meanings for readings also helps, and looking at compounds that use other readings.
#4 - Quiz actually "does the work for you." I mean, you have a set course. First, take a review quiz, then after you are able to input all correctly ( 20 Questions ), you may take the Kanji Test ( 20 Qs ). The score you make on the Kanji Test will decide if you are ready for new Kanji to review or not. It will only give 5 new Kanji per Test. You review these by taking the Kanji Review. Therefore, ONLY take Kanji Test when you are confident you can answer all correctly! Else, the Quizer will annoy you with missed that Kanji for a few more tests to come.
#5 - Only Kanji Quizer you need. You can now use flash-cards for manageable pieces of information ( grammar/words/sentences? ), not for learning large amounts of information ( for one Kanji ).
Now, what everyone was wanting to know, the drawbacks.
- 1: Online test, Data concern? It doesn't take much, but per revolution of 20 questions yeidls about 0.00064MB == 640Bytes, a minimum of 3 revolutions + 1 more for the test yields: 0.0256 == 25600Bytes.
- 2: The program is new. Essentially, you along with me, will be beta testers. This means more down-time, there may be bugs to fix, no JLPT 1 yet. However, I am using it and don't see a problem with the Quizer itself.
- 3: Keyboard is a must. That rules out many users. Not to say it is not possible without one, however, this will certainly affect your progress. It is already an average of 1hr per session, take away the keyboard?
- 4: It is likely you will hit a Kanji with excess of 10 readings. This is scary, I know. There is also not much information as to why these are needed, but it is also likely you will notice these unknown readings while "reading" Japanese, then you will realize why that reading was there. Suggestion for learning these?? Spend the time to type them down, look up some meanings ( that have meaning on their own ), look at compounds, but mostly, drill yourself until you can type them all in.
Example: Kanji for life: (? cannot enter Kanji here, weird) On-yomi: sei, shou; KunYomi: ikiru, ikeru, ikasu, umu, umare, umareru, musu, ou, haeru, hayasu, ki, u, naru, nasu, nama;
( I may be missing some, but those are from memory )
- 5: The Quizer does "bite" you for wrong answers on the Kanji Test; strive for 100% accuracy. It is VERY important to only use this test when you have properly reviewed and can answer all correctly. If you miss one, it may not allow you to receive 5 new Kanji. It becomes worse when you miss one Kanji multiple times ( even in the same test ). You are warned.
- 6: The password thing is waay strict. Kinda silly, but it's there. FYI: 2 UPPER, 2 lower, 2 SPEC@AL, 2 NUMB3RS, and it checks for repeating characters... Be prepared. Other than that, all the information is one the site ( KanjiChallengeComplete.com ). It is also NOT searchable by web-browser. Likely because it is still new.
If you want to take the challenge, I challenge you to at least read how to use the quiz first, but please evaluate for yourself:
KanjiChallengeComplete.com
Thanks for at least reading this far! I pray you found something you liked.