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By: arthur

arthur — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:10:21 +0000

i didn’t get it. i have to learn the kanjis but not the meaning in japanease?
for example. 口 is moth in english. but 口 is “kuchi” as we read.
i only have to learn that 口 is moth and not “kuchi”?
shoud we forget the pronunciation for while?

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By: Ruusi

Ruusi — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:45:27 +0000

To answer your question, and I’m not 100% sure on this, but from I’ve gathered from elsewhere on this site, at the sentence-mining stage, you won’t know the readings of the kanji, so when you encounter them, you look them up. The point of studying the kanji that way is so when you do encounter them, they are familiar, you can write them in the correct stroke order, and you can dissect them to guess at their meaning in context. The only thing left is to find out the kun-yomi and on-yomi. Sort of like only having to add new information to an index card, instead of having to make a new index card and figuring out how to file it away. I could be wrong, but as you don’t seem to be getting a response, I thought I’d throw in my two cents and try to help out. If you find something different, post it!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 08 May 2010 06:37:33 +0000

Please elaborate on phase 4, as Tony requested above.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:09:06 +0000

I do not understand what you mean when you talk about sentence mining. You say learn to read aloud 10,000 sentences, but how do I do that since I do not know the readings of the kanji, only the meaning? Do you suggest reading things where the kana is transposed next to the kanji?

P.S. sorry if this is covered somewhere else already, I am new to this site and it has a massive amount of material to go over.

Thanks!

By: khatzumoto

khatzumoto — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:48:14 +0000

I only went keyword–>kanji. The kanji–>keyword recall is slower, but that doesn’t matter. It will take care of itself with reading. Besides, you’re not going to be thinking in English anyhow; the keyword is just giving you a general feel for the core meaning of the kanji.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:36:21 +0000

Just wondering if you review kanji using keyword to kanji only as recommended by Heisig? I got through 2000 earlier this year and found my keyword to kanji recall was good but kanji to keyword recognition was slower and less consistent. Thanks for your help, Chris