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Originally Posted by chryuop
Wow, 800 kanji in 4 months, that is wonderful. I barely know 200 and took me like 6-7 months (+ another 100-150, but just 1 reading or 1 single way of using it).
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Are you sure your using heisigs mnemonic method? or are you just using rote memory?
my routine with heisig is..
1. Wake up and review the kanji I learnt the night before (between 10 - 25).
2. Go to uni / work
3. Review my kanji "mature pile" (I split my reviews between "newly added kanji" and "mature" kanji)
4. Have a cuppa/watch some japanese T.v. or something.. whatever you want. homework/coursework/play guitar/eat potnoodle.
5. Start adding my new kanji. so. Write out all the kanji you want to review by hand leaving about 5 or 6 lines between them for your mnemonic.
write down the primative elements of the kanji.
sit and ponder for a bit on the stories i'm going to write.
write the stories (see sam and frodo mt. doom above)
also, if the kanji is especially difficult. imagine a scene. such as... imagine the mountain literally crumbling ontop of the "companion" kanji and squashing the two 'figures' (the 2 moons) into a mushy pulp of over the top gore on the floor.
your brain works in images. so feed it lots and lots of images!
and tada, the kanji is stuck in my head and can be recalled from memory. (aslong as i keep reviewing my cards daily for the next 3 weeks or so)
Good luck! as i said before. kanji is a hurdle most learners trip up on and decide to stop learning asian languages.
push through the kanji hurdle and your well on your way to sucess in your desired language!
hope it helps!
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