Did you ever want to memorize the index number of a kanji? Maybe you have an index that you really, really love (I'm an engineer, so I can relate). For example:
沢 = swamp
Swamps are nasty!
Nasty = 201, which just happens to be 沢's Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary number.
Why is Nasty = 201? Because N=2, A has no effect, S=0, T=1, and Y has no effect.
This system is actually pretty easy to learn, and once learned, reading the number from a word is instantaneous.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1930853...29?ie=UTF8
There's an existing list of words for 1-1000, and you can expand that to any number you want. I'm not saying we should all link kanji to index numbers, just you. Have fun!
沢 = swamp
Swamps are nasty!
Nasty = 201, which just happens to be 沢's Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary number.
Why is Nasty = 201? Because N=2, A has no effect, S=0, T=1, and Y has no effect.
This system is actually pretty easy to learn, and once learned, reading the number from a word is instantaneous.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1930853...29?ie=UTF8
There's an existing list of words for 1-1000, and you can expand that to any number you want. I'm not saying we should all link kanji to index numbers, just you. Have fun!
Edited: 2006-08-27, 9:18 pm