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Kanji (漢字) are the Chinese symbols used in the Japanese writing system together with Hiragana and Katakana.
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Does anyone have a good methodfor remembering the kun and on readings? I seem to be able to remember only one or the other, gaaaaah!
There isn't one. Basically, you have start learning them in the womb.
I wouldn't say they made me go gaaaaah!; with me it was more of a Aaaiiiiiiiiii!I once described Japanese as "the screwiest writing system in the world."
I mean, it makes writing English look easy!
Contrast it with Korean (not that I know any!): the Koreans devised the hangul system relatively late in the day, historically, and it's one of the most scientific ways (I gather) of committing the sounds of a language to paper.
But that doesn't help us, does it?
Japanese is all the more devish for inserting weird katakana pronouncations of English and other language words here and there!
Is it true Korean has grammar similar to Japanese? I've always wanted to learn Korean, too, but I don't think that's going to happen considering the rate at which I'm learning Japanese. :)
I don't know any Korean beyond the odd word. I just found this, which seems to know what it's about.
Both languages have used Chinese characters in their writing but have nothing in common with its grammar.
im currently self studying this…..hiragana and katakana….next is hangeul- korean.
so hard to get the strokes perfectly. D:
Seems like many languages r still using Chinese characters!
Including Japanese and Korean (which has another name for it).
I agree tht Chinese characters r quite hard to wirte (although I'm a Chinese).
It is not like English joining some letters with other letters to form words (b+a+y).
Many Whites says tht Chinese characters seems to be the most hard language too.
Hope tht Chinese, Korean, and Japanese will always maintain to write Chinese characters.
So proud! Chinese characters Wan Sui/Ban Se!
Dont try to learn the readings kanji by kanji!!! Two reasons why;
1)It's damn near impossible! Much harder then learning the kanji meanings and writing. Seriously you will go crazy trying to learn it this way.
2)Even if you do learn the readings, it will be useless as most kanji have several readings and you wont know when to use which reading anyway. Par example, hitori 一人 or sannin 三人.
The best way to learn the readings is to learn them when you learn the words (or sentences for the enlighted ones out there) not kanji.
It's much, much, much easier to remember the readings this way. Plus you know exactly when to use which reading.