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Maybe you want to write a letter to your new Japanese pen pal.
Thereโs just one problemโฆ
In order to read or write in Japanese you need to know something very important โ kanji.
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Kanji are one of three elements used in the Japanese writing system.
They are a set of written characters that have been adopted from the Chinese writing system and are used together with the native Japanese hiragana and katakana characters to write Japanese.
So if you want to read or write in Japanese, youโll need to learn them!
Letโs take a closer looker at the three elements of written Japanese and the role of kanji among them.
Hiragana, Katakana Andโฆ Kanji
Whenever you look at a Japanese sentence, you probably see a bunch of small, relatively simple characters, like this:
ใใใฏใฒใใใชใงใ
Those are hiragana, one of the ways that Japanese people write down the sounds of their language.
You might also see other, similar characters that look a bit chunkier:
ใซใฟใซใ
Those are katakana, an alphabet Japanese people use to write down words that arenโt originally Japanese.
But maybe, mixed in with those characters, you spot a big, intimidating blob, like this: ๆผขๅญใ่ชญใใพใใ
Those are kanji, and theyโve been intimidating new learners of Japanese for, well, basically as long as theyโve existed.
Which is like 1500 years at least!
The Benefits Of Kanji Vs. Hiragana
Kanji are borrowed from Chinese and theyโre more complex than hiragana or katakana.
For example, you might know that the Japanese word for โwaterโ is mizu.
We can write that in hiragana as ใฟใ.
This is actually phonetic, as hiragana sounds out the word:
ใฟ is โmiโ
ใ is โzuโ
However, we can also write the same word in kanji as ๆฐด.
Itโs still pronounced mizu, but now we can represent that entire idea in one single character instead of โspelling it outโ in hiragana with two separate characters.
Sometimes, if you put two kanji together, they can make a new word based on their two individual parts.
Did you know that ๆผข (kan, or ใใ) means โChineseโ?
And the character ji (ๅญ, or ใ) means, well, โcharacter.โ
What happens when you put them together? ๆผขๅญ!
Thatโs right, itโs kanji (ใใใ), which literally means โChinese characterโ!
How appropriate, right?
Remember, Japanese borrowed kanji from the Chinese, so of course it makes sense to call them โChinese characters.โ
Hiragana is a convenient way to โspell outโ a word if you donโt know how to write its kanji but you do know how to say it.
However, using kanji saves a lot of space, and if you learn to understand how kanji are made, you may even be able to guess what some characters mean or how to say them, even if youโve never seen them before!
However, in order to do that, you have to know how kanji are set up, which is what weโll look at nextโฆ
How Are Kanji Set Up?
Think of kanji like a little puzzle; theyโre made out of pieces, and each piece has a specific place where it fits in.
As an example, letโs take a look at the kanji ๆตท, or ใใฟ (umi).
If we take it apart, we can get a hint on what it means.
Try breaking it into a left side and a right side.
On the right side we can abstract ๆฏ, a regular old kanji that we might find anywhere.
On the left side that leaves u with ๆฐต, which means โwaterโ.
Could it be that the kanji ๆตท which is made up of these two more basic parts has something to do with water?
You bet!
ๆตท is the kanji for โoceanโ.
If you had known that ๆฐตmeans water, you might have been able to guess what this word meant if you saw it in a sentence.
The Transformation Of Radicals In Kanji
But hang on a secondโฆ
We already know from our previous example that ๆฐด means water, so whatโs going on?
Why do these two look different when they mean the same thing?
This piece of kanji that gets tacked on to a bigger kanji is called a radical, and radicals change shape when you put them onto another kanji.
There are 214 radicals in Japanese and these are the base characters from which all other more advanced characters are built.
You might see this in, say, โearthโ (ๅ) vs. ๅก, a โlittle hillโ or burial mound.
The earth symbol looks almost the same appears on the left side of this kanji.
But when it is used as a radical in this way, we can see its bottom line start to slant upward.
Can you see clearly how the line at the bottom of ๅ slants up when it become part of ๅก?
It also happens with ไบบ, which means โperson.โ
If we use ไบบ as a radical, suddenly โwoah!โ, we get ไพ (โtomboyโ)! It hardly looks the same.
Sure, it can be frustrating to think, โWow, I just learned some kanji, and now I have to learn them again in order to be able to tell what they are when theyโre radicals!โ
But the good news is, thereโs not really that many radicals.
If you just learn a few common ones, like the water, earth, and person radicals above, youโve already got a big head start.
Whenever you take a look at a kanji, see if you can spot a radical and think about whether it can give you a clue on the kanjiโs meaning.
How To Learn Kanji? 6 Steps To Get You Started
The first step is always the hardest, they say! So to make it a bit easier for you, here are 6 simple steps you can take to start learning Kanji right away.
1. Start By Learning The Radicals
As you saw in the last section, radicals a pretty big part of how kanji are set up!
These characters are the โbasisโ for most of the more complicated kanji characters so itโs a good idea to master them first.
There are 214 in total but you can start by simply focusing on the most common ones and gradually building up your knowledge from there.
2. Practise Stroke Order To Help You Memorise Kanji
Did you know that kanji are written in a specific order, line by line?
This is called โstroke order,โ and while it seems like it wouldnโt make much of a difference, itโs really important.
Take a look at ๆตท again.
When writing this kanji, you would start with the topmost dot on the left.
Then the second dot down, then the final stroke in the radical.
After that, move all the way back up to the top and make the little hat (two strokes, first the one on the left, then the horizontal one).
Japanese dictionaries will usually tell you what order to draw the strokes in.
Soโฆ who cares?
Does it really matter what order I draw the lines in?
Well, first of all, people reading your handwriting really care.
If you do a stroke backward or start in the wrong place, it can make your kanji hard to read.
Imagine how much wobblier and weird it would look if you drew a check mark by starting at the very top and going backward!
Youโll also find that after you practice stroke order for a bit, it becomes easier to remember kanji.
So even if youโre focusing on learning to read rather than write in Japanese, itโs worth practicing stroke order as a way to help you memorise the kanji and therefore improve your reading skills!
3. Learn Jouyou Kanji
Okay, thatโs nice and allโbut how do you actually choose which kanji to learn?
After all, there are more than 50,000! Phew!
The easiest way to choose your kanji is to focus on the jouyou kanji.
(Jouyou is written as ๅธธ็จๆผขๅญ, which literally means, โcommonly used Chinese characters.โ See how we can guess what kanji mean when we put them together?)
The jouyou kanji are what kids in Japan learn first.
Theyโre the most common kanji youโll see, and if you learn all of them, youโll be able to read at least 80% of the Japanese language you find anywhere.
Thatโs a big step!
The jouyou kanji will guide you through some really helpful words โ everything from โtreeโ (ๆจ) and โmeโ (็ง) to more advanced words like โlawโ (ๆณๅพ) and โvicious cycleโ (ๆชๅพช็ฐ, which is one of my favorite kanji, by the way; โbadโ + โrepeatingโ + โcircleโ? Itโs perfect!).
4. Supplement Jouyou Kanji With Other Words That Are Important To You
As you go through the jouyou kanji, you might think to yourself, โMan, I wish I knew how to say X!โ
Supplement the jouyou kanji youโre learning with any words that are important to you.
This will depend a lot on why youโre learning Japanese in the first place.
If you want to talk to a pen pal, try thinking about words youโll use often: seasons, the weather, what you do in your life.
If youโre learning kanji so you can do research in a specific field, try to think of words that are really important for describing what you do.
Or if youโre learning Japanese in order to read Japanese literature or manga, focus on the vocabulary thatโs most relevant to the types of things you read.
Choose some words that are relevant to you and practice those alongside the jouyou kanji.
5. Use Spaced Repetition
I already mentioned how you can practise writing kanji by learning stroke orders, but reading kanji is another important skill to develop.
One really easy way to do this is by using a smartphone app like Ankior Flashcards Deluxe that use spaced repetition technology.
When you use these apps, you can create your own set of flashcards to practise your kanji with!
Try making kanji flashcards for any kanji you have a hard time remembering. I do it a few different ways:
Make cards with kanji on the front to practise either for their meaning or pronunciation.
Create cards with whole sentences on them and practice reading them, kanji and all.
Make cards with a word in your native language on the front, and then try to write out the kanji that you would use for it.
If you always get a particular card right, it will wait a while before it gives you that card again.
If you often get a kanji wrong, it will show you that card more often until you get it down.
These systems adapt to your learning style and make kanji memorization a blast!
6. Read In Japanese As Much As Possible So You Can See Kanji In Context
Memorising kanji is one thingโฆ but unless you see them in context youโll never really learn how to use them in real-life situations when you need to write or speak the words yourself!
Thatโs why I believe itโs important to do lots and lots of reading in Japanese so that you can learn not just what each kanji means but how itโs actually used as part of the language. Reading is at the core of the StoryLearningยฎ method.
The challenge here is finding interesting reading material thatโs at the right level for you.
After all, reading will only be effective if you can understand the majority of what youโre reading.
You also need to listen to audio of what you read if possible, otherwise you wonโt know how to pronounce the new kanji you encounter!
All in all, material like this is pretty hard to find.
So I decided to create it myself!
Itโs called Conversations and it can learn to read kanji naturally, in context, while listening to audio at the same time.
Iโve also included hiragana transcriptions of key words in the text so that you have that aid as you work to improve your kanji knowledge!
The best way to learn kanji is usually by writing it. This allows you to both read and create muscle memory of the shape.
Is it easy to learn kanji?
Many kanji are simple to learn because they are made of just two or three strokes. However, some kanji are made of as many as 20 or more strokes. The average kanji will be made of nine to ten strokes. As a you discover more complex words, you're also more likely to encounter challenging kanji; conversely, simple words often use simple kanji.
How many Japanese kanji do you need to know to be fluent?
About 2000 kanji is considered the minimum for Japanese fluency. This allows you to read almost anything you see in everyday life. Those looking to be fluent in niche disciplines, such as technology, will need to learn more characters. The JLPT N1, the highest level of proficiency test, examines 2141 kanji.
How long does it take to learn kanji?
Learning a single kanji can be achieved with just a few repetitions, while learning all the kanji required for fluency may take multiple years. Kanji build on each other; once you establish a base of around 400 or 500 kanji, the rest will come more quickly.
How can I teach myself kanji?
The best way to learn kanji is to practice writing them every day and to use them regularly. Read content in Japanese, and try to avoid using furigana. Write each kanji multiple times, both by itself and in a sentence.
Learning Kanji Is Challenging, But You Can Do It!
Kanji might seem overwhelming, especially when youโre thinking about radicals and stroke order.
โHow am I ever going to do this?โ you might wonder.
The best thing to do is just jump right in with the jouyou kanji and get started. I recommend you begin by enrolling in Japanese Uncovered. The course includes a number of kanji lessons and you'll be able to ask questions and get feedback from our team of Japanese experts.
Youโll start with easy, two- or three-stroke characters, and before you know it, youโll look at kanji with 16 strokes and think, โEh, nothing I havenโt seen before!โ
Spend plenty of time exploring how different kanji are constructed and read them regularly in context, and youโll be well on your way to success!
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