What do you do with your Kanji Poster?

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Reply #1 - 2012 June 04, 5:16 pm
Jombo Member
From: AZ Registered: 2011-11-12 Posts: 48

Hey everyone, I've had my giant Kanji poster hanging on my wall for the past couple of months. So far I've only been using it to keep track of my progress in RTK1 and circling the kanji I had trouble remembering. I also occasionally stare at it when I'm bored. I see a lot of pictures of kanji posters with a bunch of markings and colors everywhere, so I'm wondering - what kind of crazy things can you do with a kanji poster and a couple of dry erase markers?

Reply #2 - 2012 June 05, 3:51 pm
Irixmark Member
From: 加奈陀 Registered: 2005-12-04 Posts: 291

I've had mine hanging there for two years or so, and I'm taking it off. Several people who came to my office have asked me if I was memorizing the characters. It bothers me because a) often they're Japanese or Chinese, and b) they're standing next to a shelf full of Japanese books I've read for work when they ask that.

Reply #3 - 2012 June 06, 3:06 am
nescio Member
From: Not Japan Registered: 2012-05-27 Posts: 23

Well I use it to:
a) track progress - not for long, at 1500 and plan to finish in 2-3 weeks. I will keep it all green though, just for the effect and because I don't want to start erasing all that.
b) mark troublesome kanji - I take note of every mistake I do in a kanji and then mark it with a black line on the poster. once a kanji is completely surrounded with black lines (4 mistakes in it) I mark it red. This doesn't happen so often.
c) Have a quick look at the red ones before going to sleep and remove the red after I get them right in reviews and feel comfortable about them.
d) I also mark kanjis I really like with blue :p

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Reply #4 - 2012 June 06, 5:52 am
erlog Member
From: Japan Registered: 2007-01-25 Posts: 633

Irixmark wrote:

I've had mine hanging there for two years or so, and I'm taking it off. Several people who came to my office have asked me if I was memorizing the characters. It bothers me because a) often they're Japanese or Chinese, and b) they're standing next to a shelf full of Japanese books I've read for work when they ask that.

This right here is why, recently, I've vowed to stop telling Japanese people I study Japanese. It makes them think my level is lower than it actually is.

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