I'm not quite to it yet... what's the story you're using? It looks like it has... er... several parts. Heh. The one I've failed the most is nitrate. But I think I've got it down now. Now, almost to 500 kanji, I'm really starting to feel the usefulness of an SRS.

I've finished RtK1 and been doing just reviews for about a month and a half.  I have 3 cards that i've failed 9 times.  I keep mixing up little parts of them... I just haven't taken the time to sharpen those stories.

I failed 'clothing' 7 times, that's the only card with 7 fails, then under that there's three cards I failed 6 times. Seems like that's wrong, though, I was always changing up how strictly I graded myself. Well, doesn't matter now, I never review RTK cards anymore.

服 I kept failing because of that little hook I think (I kept forgetting it because of 飯), and also because I kept drawing the top hat/scarf.

Last edited by nest0r (2009 February 21, 5:13 pm)

Oddly enough, the character I continually fail is 敗　(failure).

I have no idea, and no way of determining, how many times I have failed with it. But every time it came up for review I missed it the first time. Finally I changed my story to one of 'failing this character' and from then on it stuck.

Hi, I'm using Anki and my most failed Kanji has 39 repetitions and there are a lot of others with a high number. But its not so bad as it sounds, because I don't spend that much time on  a single Kanji. Failing it 10 or 30 times doesn't make a great difference time wise. Sometimes I'm just too lazy to relearn failed Kanjis, so I'm failing them up to 5 times in a row (cycle elimination) until they stick for the first time. I think its still faster and reviews are like a breeze.

般　passed 15 times, failed 9 times. In the German edition the keyword is pretty close to others, also my story sucks and I never bothered to fix it.

I noticed that kanji with poor stories but that I already know in context (like I already know words or compounds using them) I have no problem remembering, because I have at least a vague idea of the shape and then I can use this vague shape to recall the story in full.

In the long run, I guess that's how it's going to work for every kanji. Just recall the story when I'm not sure of the details.

sethg wrote:

thedeo, your blog is pretty great. Which ones do you continuously fail?

Thanks , I don't update it enough though . 

Here's my most failed:
                                                    failed
403     猿    monkey    13    エン    12    9    4    2009-02-08
631     憾    remorse    16    カン    7     9    5    2009-02-04
1124    裸    naked      13    ラ       7     9    1    2009-02-21
228     葉    leaf          12    ヨウ    10    8    6    2009-02-21
381     政    politics      9     セイ    11    8    5    2009-02-09
885    徳    benevolence  14    トク    6    8    3    2009-02-14

I either mix up little bits of them or mix up the locations of primitives.  But I'm sure SRS will eventually take care of that stuff for me. 

About 90% of the 2042 I have failed anywhere from 0 to 4 times. 

I've got about 250 that I haven't ever failed.  I'm pretty sure if I spent more time on each story that number would be much larger.  I finished in about 3 1/2 months.

Last edited by thedeo (2009 February 22, 4:29 pm)

I was sure I had some with more fails but maybe Im just better than I thought, anyway Ive failed 乏 8 times, thinks its mostly cause I keep forgetting the english meaning but keep thinking I know it, too lazy to check it, and then go fail it.. (not the only kanji that that happens to by the way)

功      achievement
勤     diligence

I've failed both a total of 14 times. Both are now in box 7 though.

There was a thread where Fabrice listed the top missed kanji. Not sure where it's at.

Nukemarine, I think you're referring to this list: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?pid=29720#p29720