Comments on: Kanji File

By: Suisei

Suisei — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:21:14 +0000

Eh? What data exactly do you use? D:

By: Lilly

Lilly — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:55:32 +0000

When doing writing practice, instead of using a pen and paper and ending up with a lot of used paper or writing on your hand with a finger, and not being able to see how you did, I recommend getting a white board and markers. Then you can practice as much as you want easily.

By: Benny

Benny — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:16:02 +0000

Did anybody ever made an Anki deck out of this?
Currently, I’m doing that but its so tiring to copy&paste everything from the text file to the Anki Deck.

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:24:21 +0000

Thanks so much for the kanji file! I was searching all over the internet for some : /

By: Norwegian

Norwegian — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:00:10 +0000

I was just wondering, when you have this kanji file, is it ok to use the stories from there, or is it a big part of the process to make you’re own stories? Using these stories would save a lot of time, and they seem to have good stories, but is it just a fake shortcut?

By: Willow

Willow — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:19:10 +0000

Never mind about stroke order, I downloaded a font for it and used it in Anki. (On this site, if anyone’s interested: www.users.waitrose.com/~potato/) Well, never mind the never mind, I would still like an explanation. XD

By: Willow

Willow — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:24:21 +0000

Same question as Allan about pronunciation. In addition, what about stroke order? I read about basic stroke order, but I’m still not completely sure on it. Could you do an entry about that, maybe?

By: Mauro J

Mauro J — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:20:19 +0000

How do I convert an .rtf file into a .txt file? Or should i just put this into an SRS besides Mnemosyne 🙁

By: Lil Sassy

Lil Sassy — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:19:21 +0000

and no do NOT write your cards in Romaji

By: Lil Sassy

Lil Sassy — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:45:04 +0000

Alec I get what hes trying to say, basically hes saying that if he sees the whole thing he knows what it means but he doesnt know how to pronounce it or what it sounds like…..even though I’m pretty sure he should know by now?

By: Justin kim

Justin kim — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:28:18 +0000

so this kanji file, doesnot work at anki…how do i get it to work ?

By: Alec

Alec — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:04:18 +0000

Allan – that’s why you should learn words in context rather than on their own! Pretty much one of the main points of this site. What’s there to be confused about?

By: Allan

Allan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:19:35 +0000

I’m confused. For example: 自分・じぶん means ‘yourself/oneself’. Ok, I have memorised that. I now know that those characters stands for ‘yourself’. But I don’t understand how to say it. Let’s say I’m watching Japanese TV show and someone says ‘jibun’. I wouldn’t understand the meaning of that.

I’m confused how to start my Japanese learning, should I write my cards in romaji?

By: FDR

FDR — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:32:34 +0000

The anki SRS comes with the complete Remembering the Kanji as a sample deck…

By: NightCrier

NightCrier — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:09:50 +0000

I should really use this list to create my anki deck instead of keep doing it old school style with paper cards(which i use on holidays from now on since im going on holiday two days from now, and i dont own a latop yet so).

By: Frank V.

Frank V. — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:05:54 +0000

Well I’m about to finish I’ve got like about 12 left woot!! But uh, yeah this was supposed to be 2,046 right? I seem to have everything in but it says that I’m at 2,037.. So is the file incomplete? Or did I somehow mess up my copying and pasting?

By: jayTOH

jayTOH — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:25:42 +0000

@Juz098, Ima

I say use whatever method you feel most comfortable with. If writing down a kanji several times will help better embed your story into your head, then all will be well. Everyone will end up using the SRS’ repitions to remember them anyway, so as long as you get the story down, you’re on your way.

I used a similar method, only I really like being able to write the kanji down prettily(?). So, I wrote them down as many times as it took to get a nice looking character. Did the extra time help with memorizing? I’d like to say so. If a particular kanji took a while to write nicely, I remembered it a lot more easily when it came up in review.

And, of course, when reviewing, practice writing the kanji down at least once, making sure the number of strokes and their order are correct. Since you’re gonna be reviewing everyday, I suggest using your finger and palm instead of pen/paper.

Hope this helped!

By: Ima

Ima — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:11:31 +0000

Juz098, good question, I’m curious too…

By: Juz098

Juz098 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:43:24 +0000

I’m using the Heisig method to learn Kanji. I’m 17 lessons in and the method I’ve been using so far is, read the kanji story, write the kanji 5 or 6 times and then input it into my SRS. With that method I get through about 24 kanji a day on average. The I realized, should I be writing it out or is that a big waste of time? Should I just write it out say once and then input it in to my SRS? Which method would you say is the better one?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:06:18 +0000

@Jim:
“In my opinion, Heisig’s big breakthrough was noticing that characters are always composed of other characters.”

You know, it may not be taught that way in schools, but I bet pretty much everyone noticed that… it’s kind of hard not to. >__>;;