Re:Show HN: App for learning how to write Japanese
by w1ntermute on Sunday February 26, 2012 @09:39PM
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I guess I wasn't very clear. Does it test on the readings of the kanji?
Re:Show HN: App for learning how to write Japanese
by olofsj on Monday February 27, 2012 @01:56AM
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No, for now it doesn't. I may add that later, but since there are other apps (like Anki for example) that already do that I'm not sure if it's needed.
Re:Show HN: App for learning how to write Japanese
by w1ntermute on Monday February 27, 2012 @07:44AM
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I use Anki on a daily basis for kanji practice - what drew me to your app was obviously the handwriting recognition. My handwriting is notoriously poor in English, and I'd rather avoid repeating the mistakes I made when I learned written English growing up.
If you were to add support for practicing the readings as well, I would buy your app in a heartbeat. I'd like to avoid using 2 different apps on a regular basis for kanji practice.
However, all questions are from English to Japanese where you write the answer yourself. You won't be quizzed on the other direction (given the Japanese word, what does it mean). Does that answer your question? I'll see what I can do to make it clearer on the website.
Personally I've always found it important to use the characters in different words since that's how you will encounter them in real use, so I try to make that a big part of the quizzing.