Saturday was spent learning 漢字(kanji) at home. I bought Declan's ReadWrite Kanji software online for US$16, and was charged JPY1,720 in local currency. This software has the full 1,945 kanji words officially used in Japan.
I managed to complete 231 words today (大変!), after being glued to my chair for 12hours....sat through lunch and dinner (had lunch and dinner at the workstation)
This software allows you to learn the 音読み (onyomi or Chinese reading) and 訓読み (kunyomi or Japanese reading) pronounciations. It also has Kanji stroke order exercise. And of course the meanings of the kanji are also explained in English. One can trial the software here before purchase: http://www.declan-software.com/japanese/index.htm
Japanese usage of kanji can be quite different from Chinese, and some Japanese words are not expressed in Kanji. That is why they can make do with just 1,945 常用漢字 (jouyou or common use kanji) words, which was established in 1981.
It would be better to know the kana, both ひらがな (hiragana) and カタカナ (katakana) in order to be able to complete the on and kun pronounciations. There is an option to read the pronounciation in romaji, but then what''s use of reading only the kanji when half the text in Japanese is usually written in kana?
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2 comments:
slow down bro ... how are the rest of us mortals are going to catch up with you???
all it takes is just a little interest my friend...
j
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