When you make up stories for Kanji to remember them, do you guys memorize your stories till you remember them or is that not the correct way for doing it? :/

Sorry for asking such weird questions. ><

That's the idea.

The goal is not to memorize the story itself, though. It just acts as a memory aid by making stuff more elaborate. At first, it may be somewhat indispensable in order to actually remember the kanji. As you go along, though, you might find yourself not relying on them as much, especially for more familiar kanji. Nothing strange or wrong with that, as long as you can still remember.

astendra Wrote:That's the idea.

The goal is not to memorize the story itself, though. It just acts as a memory aid by making stuff more elaborate. At first, it may be somewhat indispensable in order to actually remember the kanji. As you go along, though, you might find yourself not relying on them as much, especially for more familiar kanji. Nothing strange or wrong with that, as long as you can still remember.

Ah okay. :3 Just memorize the meaning with help of the story then.

Should you make a story to help you write it and memorize the meaning? Also, what about learning the japanese name for them later? Wouldn't you have to redo the story to remember the word for that?

The meaning and story help with writing the kanji and recognizing it later from all the rest.

Japanese meanings aren't as simple. There can be many since kanjis being in compounds can change the meaning completely. What you just need to do is to get familiar with each kanji so attaching different meanings to them separately and in compounds becomes easier.

Betelgeuzah Wrote:The meaning and story help with writing the kanji and recognizing it later from all the rest.

Japanese meanings aren't as simple. There can be many since kanjis being in compounds can change the meaning completely. What you just need to do is to get familiar with each kanji so attaching different meanings to them separately and in compounds becomes easier.

I kind of get what you're saying.

Right now I'm still confused on the RTK1 book. It's very discouraging because I feel slow on understanding how to use this method.. :/