4 Ways For You To Master Kanji Faster
For most people who are suffering the pain of memorizing Kanji, the amount of characters is terrifying and makes you feel desperate for any shortcuts you can find. I will tell you straight up that learning Kanji is not easy. Chances are good you will spend most of your energy on Kanji while learning Japanese. But here I will show you some tips which will hopefully make things at least a little easier so that you can hold your own next time you pick up a Japanese newspaper.
Tactic #1: Ignore the old learning order
What you should do first is to learn the first 100 to 200 Kanji which are used most and begin your journey. But then, step right in front of the ones which are difficult, even if they seldom show up, as you encounter them in your studying. When you begin to do this, it will probably not feel easy, but you cut out the part of you that says “Oh that’s a tough Kanji, I’ll wait till later to learn it,” so you will actually end up learning more Kanji faster.
Tactic #2: Let’s get radical!:
Of the 214 radicals, there are 20 or 30 ones used extremely frequently, learn them with a dictionary and you will learn a large part of Kanji. You will become quick at recognizing new kanji with less effort. You can sort of figure out what a Kanji means by looking at the radicals. You can call it chunking, and you will find learning 3-5 radicals takes less effort then memorizing 15 Kanji. The next thing you should do is just to put the radicals together.
Tactic #3: Dive into the hard things first
I’m talking about written Kanji here. You should try to take the time to read something in Japanese each day to improve your Japanese. You will get to know how Kanji are used in everyday contexts in Japanese by doing this. Your Japanese will be more natural after doing this process for awhile.
Tactic #4: Speak Japanese out loud :
When you are learning Kanji, you need to focus on three things: recognizing the figure, understanding what it means, and saying it correctly. Read aloud and as much as you can to get practice with your pronunciation and articulation. Reading Kanji aloud is a great way to kill three birds (learning structure/shape, meaning, and sound) with one, big, noisy stone.
You have to make efforts in learning Kanji, but not that much. These tricks will make you learn faster.
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