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Hi I am trying to study Kanji for Monbukagakusho!

I want to know where are level 2 kanjis available with stroke order

I’m currently at frame 1520 in Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji 1, My goal is to finish this book by the end of February ‘08 (this month) by doing 20-40 a day.

I’ve been working on the Heisig method for 5 months now and I’m more than sure having struggled with other methods before it that it’s the best way to learn kanji, although I’m aware I won’t completely know the kanji until I learn their Onyomi and Kunyomi I’m sure that separating the learning of the writing & meaning from the reading is the best way.

My goal after RTK1 is to work through their readings.

I’m trying to learn Kanji. I’m confused. Well I start today in class to learn, but still I want to get a head start.

OK, I’m on my way into the JLPT 2 kanji, now doing 10 at a time. Once I feel good about how well I know the new 10 and am solid on the ones I learned earlier, I grab the next 10 and continue. I’m now at 310 and learning a new set of 10 every four days or so. This is a marathon, not a sprint, so I want to make sure I really “got” the old ones before tackling the next set of 10.

Anyone who has a Palm PDA should check out KingKanji – it’s really a great tool for learning stroke order and making sure you really know each kanji. With a Japanese word processor like JWPce, you can create your own sets of kanji to learn. I’ve found it to be an essential tool for remembering the kanji – if you can see a list of meanings and then can draw the kanji with the proper stroke order, you “got” it!

I did a little research on it, and found out that it wants the reader to memorize the 2000 Kanji before any of the “on” or “kun” readings are taught. Sounds a little backwards to me, so I’ll save my $250 for something more suited to my learning style.

Personally, I greatly prefer learning the kanji along with the meaning and readings at the same time, so I can instantly use it and recognize it in sentences.

Why learning other languages than English is a bad idea.

To me, “learning” 2000 kanji means learning on and kun readings and stroke order, so that’s my goal. I have a copy of Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji, Volume 1 and got through Lesson 21 (577 kanji), but got frustrated with the fact that I’d only learned stroke order and one meaning for each of those 577. Without learning readings, I felt my knowledge had limited use.

Now, I’ve taken a step back and am learning the JLPT kanji using White Rabbit Press’s flashcards (which I like because they use only kana and no romaji). I’ve now learned JLPT levels 4 & 3 (284 kanji), including all major on and kun readings and am working on learning some compounds to reinforce my knowledge. I still consult Heisig on tough kanji, but I feel happier about what I’m learning.

I’ve bought WRP’s JLPT 2 cards (up to 1023) and will soon start in on those.

I’ve been working on this goal off and on for about 4 years, and recently took a Kanji knowledge test. From its results, I apparently know somewhere between 500-600 Kanji.

With that, I would normally be able to pass the JLPT Level 3 test (which requires a knowledge of 300 Kanji), so I tried a previous year’s JLPT3 test and failed.

I blame my study method. It consists of reading a book or web-page, seeing a kanji character I don’t recognize, looking it up in a dictionary and practicing it.

I’m thinking I really need to look for that “Remembering the Kanji” book.