[jammie]

Hi, i've been learning japanese for 2/3 weeks now and i know all my kana really well and about 15 kanji (only there english meaning though)

problem is, i want to learn the kanji so i can start reading japanese literature and hold a few conversations.

problem is, every time i seem to read a kanji, it has a different kana pronouciation! i.e. "1"

ICHIgatsu (January)
TSUItachi (the first day of the month)
HITOtsu - (one thing)

anyone care to shed any light on this? my learnings ground to a halt now i have to learn Kanji; problem is i love learning them and i want to know atleast all of them upto grade 6 by the end of the year!

thanks for any help!

Jamie