Hi, relative newbie with a question.

Heisig doesn't include the kanji 尃, I'm assuming because it's not very common? Do you think learning it separately might help with remembering 博 (#48)? I always forget about that last little 'drop'.

No, because the right side of 博 is not the same as 尃, which has 甫 on top.

(尃 is exceedingly rare; it's likely that you would never encounter that kanji in your life.)

People have different ways of remembering things. I wouldn't bother learning that character unless it created a vivid image in my mind. Actually, I didn't bother learning it. If you're having issues with that part of the kanji, some sort of image for it might be very useful, but I wouldn't feel constrained by the meaning of the character. If it works for you, though, go for it.

It really depends what you're looking for and your knowledge level, but I wouldn't bother with those obscure kanjis really. Better spend the time learning actual japanese than just a rare character.

Thanks guys

yudantaiteki Wrote:No, because the right side of 博 is not the same as 尃, which has 甫 on top.

(尃 is exceedingly rare; it's likely that you would never encounter that kanji in your life.)

博 was formerly written as 十尃, but was later simplified into 十丶十田寸.

There are lots of kanji using 尃 as a component, however most of them have fallen out of use. The only common one used in Japanese is 博, and it isn't even written like that anymore (although the difference is very small). So you in essence you would be learning a kanji you will likely never use, in order to make another kanji easier to remember. While also having to remember the slight difference due to simplification.

So if you purely want to remember 博, I wouldn't recommend this. If, however, you want a deeper understanding of the construction and origin of kanji, that's a different story.