Well, I've decided that, because even Japanese people can't write all the kanji, why should I be trying. I'm going to set up my kanji flashcards in two groups.
The first group will be production, RtK style. This group will consist of the most common kanji.
The second group will be recognition, kanji to English meaning ballpark, consisting of the kanji that most Japanese people don't remember how to write either.

For the recognition set, I will need a trustworthy source to copy and paste general meaning from. Do you guys think Kanjidic is good enough for this? What source would you use to get an accurate and useful kanji meaning from?

Thanks for your help guys, bloody fantastic forum.

[Katsuo]

shinyclef Wrote:What source would you use to get an accurate and useful kanji meaning from?

For the overall meaning I'd suggest the "Kenkyusha New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" or its shorter version, "Kanji Learner's Dictionary". Here is a spreadsheet comparing the English names that various sources give to kanji.

Wow that table is an incredible resource for deciding upon useful definitions and names for kanji! Thanks very much!!!