Turns out it’s easier for me to remember the characters by knowing the sum of its rather writing the character repeatedly now. I mean of course at first you need to actually write them, but repeated practice actually doesn’t enter the long term memory of the character. But it teaches you how to make the strokes in the character. Of course the different thing is if the radicals in the character are new to you. Then how are you suppose to derive meaning from them? Though personality, I feel like a 4 year old trying to learning how to read.