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Need help learning kanji

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This is a really long question for i have a lot of them, so i hope those who could spare some of their time to try and help a young, learning person on how to master the language of japanese have patience for it.

Currently, i'm hitting the wall known as the infamous Kanji, and i have no idea how do i get around it,
I have read from a website that using Anki is good so i tried but...
I'm currently using Anki's All in One Kanji deck.
Now the problem here is that, using it, there's apparently Onyomi and Kunyomi, followed by a few example of compound kanjis and stuff (i think).
I tried googling which said onyomi is supposedly used when it's in compound with just kanjis, and kunyomi when there's hiragana merged with it but i have no clue which am i supposed to memorize to use.
For example:
上 has the kunyomi of のぼ.す, あ.がる, うえ etc. and the onyomi of ジョウ、ショウand so on,
but when it is mixed with other letters it may become:
for kunyomi part:
上がる(あがる) agaru
or 上り(のぼり) nobori
and as for onyomi there could be:
目上(めうえ) meue
or 上手(じょうず) jouzu


and each of these compounds have different meanings.

So exactly what is the most efficient way for me to learn kanji? At this point i'm not even sure what to memorize, should i memorize kunyomi, or onyomi, and when do i use them when i see them in compound kanjis or mixed with other words, because i cannot stress this enough, i don't know what to memorize, or should i read all the compound kanji examples written there, and memorize each and every single one of their readings and meanings? like instead of memorizing it could have the kunyomi of (Blank), i just straight up memorize what it is read as when it's mixed with whatever words?
Honestly i have no clue, which is why i'm seeking help. I hope that those of you who are experienced would be able to give me some tips and insight as to how and what approach am i supposed to take while trying to learn kanji.
Thanks alot in advance.  Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin
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Need help learning kanji - by JustTryingToLearn - 2016-05-29, 1:29 am
RE: Need help learning kanji - by Taishi - 2016-05-29, 7:42 am
RE: Need help learning kanji - by eslang - 2016-05-31, 9:38 pm
RE: Need help learning kanji - by SomeCallMeChris - 2016-05-31, 10:22 pm
RE: Need help learning kanji - by Nukemarine - 2016-05-30, 7:52 am
RE: Need help learning kanji - by rich_f - 2016-05-30, 10:54 am
RE: Need help learning kanji - by josharoo - 2016-05-31, 3:45 am
RE: Need help learning kanji - by eslang - 2016-05-31, 10:08 pm
RE: Need help learning kanji - by RawrPk - 2016-05-31, 10:46 pm
RE: Need help learning kanji - by eslang - 2016-05-31, 10:59 pm
RE: Need help learning kanji - by SomeCallMeChris - 2016-05-31, 11:37 pm
RE: Need help learning kanji - by eslang - 2016-06-01, 2:33 am