I'm about to finish RTK1 and I want to know what I should do next?

Ajanime22
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From: New York
Registered: 2012-04-09
Posts: 11

I want to learn the readings of the kanji using Anki, but idk what to use. I hear a lot about something called Core 2k and I see it on Anki, but I don't see a book for it. How am I supposed to review flashcards on Anki that I've never seen in a book?

And is there any book out there that teaches you the readings of the kanji and only uses them in vocabulary words, not sentences and has an available deck on Anki?

Please and thanks in advance.

Betelgeuzah
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From: finland
Registered: 2011-03-26
Posts: 328

You just start reviewing the core 2k/6k cards in Anki. At the beginning you'll fail a lot, but it'll get easier and easier as you make progress. You don't "need" to have "studied" them beforehand. Eventually they'll stick, especially when you start to see how a certain kanji is used with a certain style of vocabulary, always using one of the same few readings.

You could have done this even without RtK but it certainly helps quite a bit to have a "feel" for each kanji.

EratiK
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From: Paris
Registered: 2010-07-15
Posts: 718

RTK 2 seems to do what you intend (I don't know if there's a RTK 2 deck, but it's probably included in the RTK ultima deck), but a lot of people don't do it, or maybe just the pure and semi-pure groups (beginning of the book), stating it's not profitable to be isolated from context at this point (so they just do the Core). I guess you'll have to read it and see for yourself (*cough downloadable cough*).

Also, have you seen this thread?
http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=5322

Last edited by EratiK (2012 June 20, 2:14 pm)

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yudantaiteki
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From: 東京
Registered: 2009-10-03
Posts: 3018

Ajanime22 wrote:
And is there any book out there that teaches you the readings of the kanji and only uses them in vocabulary words, not sentences

Just out of curiosity, why would you want this?

Ajanime22
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From: New York
Registered: 2012-04-09
Posts: 11

So I just got RTK2 and noticed that ghey don't have all the readings for the kanji. ie: for the kanji, 文, its supposed to be BUN and MON. But te only have BUN. What's up with that. And they also have absolutely NO Kun readings. Why?

Btw, idk how I made this post. Can someone tell me how to make a new one. Thanks in advanced.

buonaparte
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Registered: 2010-11-25
Posts: 605

Ajanime22,
to make a new post you just click 'Post reply ' below the thread and then write whatever you want, and then click 'Submit.'

As to kanji readings,
I know nothing about anki decks etc, but you are perhaps looking for something like this:
http://kanjidamage.com/
or this:
The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary
Jack Halpern
http://www.kanji.org/kanji/dictionaries … arners.htm
Sample page
http://www.kanji.org/kanji/dictionaries … sample.pdf

Or you probably need to learn some grammar first:
http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=7082&p=14
GRAMMAR STUFF

Just out of curiosity,
how old are you? I'm 102 year old and decided not to grow any longer.

Good luck.
Happy-go-lucky Miss Hopper

undead_saif
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From: Mother Earth
Registered: 2009-01-28
Posts: 564

Ajanime22

Why are you asking for complete word lists? They can be exhausting. If you read around here you can see that several methods are available after finishing RTK.

Nukemarine's guide is a good start to see what's going around here (posted by EratiK)
Check our Wiki: http://rtkwiki.koohii.com/wiki ,it has a lot of explanations, and you need those because things will look confusing at first.
Check this too: http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=1133

Most importantly, check out several things, and try to find your own path for learning, there's no one correct method.

I agree with buonaparte that you need to study some grammar before (Tae Kim's is fantastic)

buonaparte wrote:
The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary
Jack Halpern
http://www.kanji.org/kanji/dictionaries … arners.htm
Sample page
http://www.kanji.org/kanji/dictionaries … sample.pdf

Or you probably need to learn some grammar first:
http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=7082&p=14
GRAMMAR STUFF

My eyes!! What does Roumaji do in a KANJI dictionary? KANJI dictionary! What was the author thinking when he did that?

buonaparte
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Registered: 2010-11-25
Posts: 605

undead_saif,
you seem to intensely dislike ローマ字 (roomazi).
What I find surprising is the fact that they don't mark pitch. They are pitchless and that makes me speechless.

Ajanime22,
two more kanji lists with example words only, no sentences and no texts.
This one comes with audio.
http://www.saiga-jp.com/kanji_dictionary.html
And this one comes with plenty of links, but no audio. It is for deaf people.
http://ck.kolivas.org/Japanese/kanji.html

yudantaiteki
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From: 東京
Registered: 2009-10-03
Posts: 3018

It makes no difference whether the dictionary uses romaji or kana. There are a number of good resources that have romaji in them.

Index » RtK Vol.2 & 3

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