A New Way to Learn Kanji

Re:A New Way to Learn Kanji by canjobear on Saturday October 16, 2021 @01:32PM (#28889588)

You just have to memorize them. There is no shortcut. Millions of schoolchildren have done this. It's not too hard. Eventually you will start noticing patterns in the characters, which will make it easier, but you will still have to memorize each new character.

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Re:A New Way to Learn Kanji by astrobe_ on Saturday October 16, 2021 @01:57PM (#28889893)

> It's not too hard.

It takes 6 years to Japanese children, who are totally immersed in and had prior exposure to this writing system. I think western children are done learning to read in 1 or 2 years. It is freaking hard.

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Re:A New Way to Learn Kanji by canjobear on Saturday October 16, 2021 @03:29PM (#28890704)

And yet they basically all learn it. Japan’s literacy is very high. It’s not hard, it’s just tedious and time-consuming.

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