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lost with kanji
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2007/9/6 16:59
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hello i wanted to learn kanji but i hve leanred only grammar till now , i don't know how i can start every time i try i feel like losing my time
i would like to know a goodway to learn them if you know a web site or something , would you please tell me? i'm really lost with my kanji study
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by April
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April, my idea may be different from professional language teachers but I recommend you not to try to memorize all the Kanji at once. You may have already noticed that many kanji are made of several "building blocks". Once you memorize some simple kanji or kanji-parts which serve as "building blocks," you can combine them to make a lot of kanji.
For example, 「木」is a kanji for tree. Add one more 「木」, you'll have 「林(forest)」. And yet one more 「木」, it'll be 「森(woods)」. 「木」+「古(old)」is 「枯 (die down)」. 「川」is river. When this kanji is written in a deformed way, it can be used as a building block for water-ralated kanji. 河(big river),浜(coast),波(wave) and so on. 「女」is women. Add 「家(house, family)」and you'll have 「嫁(wife)」. 「女」+「古(old)」is 「姑 (mother in law)」!
When I was a child, my parents bought "Kanji Karuta," a card game to memorize Kanji. Each card has a building block of kanji and you can get a point when you combine them and make a correct kanji. I assume it's a kind of Scrabble for kanji :)
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by JLady
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thanks JLady ,
i will try your way of learning ! i wanted to ask , do you respect the stroke order?
see you
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by April
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