I’m having some serious issues in level 5. One of the worst things I’ve been dealing with is the bonkers number of kanji that have こう as a default reading. Nothing against good ol’ こういち, but I feel like there are so many こう kanji that the mnemonics are straight up useless for them, I just can’t kee…

I’ve been on level 5 for a few days, myself. The same thought about こう readings occurred to me as well, to the point that I started doing research on how many kanji have the same reading. Well, there’s a lot. I can’t speak to how this will impact you (or me) going forward, but I found that what help…

I also thought at the beginning that the こういち mnemonic would be weak, but surprisingly enough it works pretty well with me now. Every time I see a new kanji with a こう pronunciation, I’m like “oh it’s a こういち Kanji, alright”. Other characters such as Jourm, Ms Chou, Ken, Ryuu and the Shougun also wor…

About feeling bad when you miss a word, I know it’s a bit childish but I always remind myself that if you’re not making any error, its most of the time because you’re not learning anything. You’re bound to make lots of error if you’re trying to learn a lot of new stuff. It’s all part of the process.…

Making you’re own mnemonics is a must on some kanji. And sometimes it’s good if your native language is not English. You can come up with a different mnemonic easily with some sound in a different language than English. I bet for a lot of people here, Japanese is a third or fourth language.

Not op but this is really helpful, thank you!

[image] Makushi_Rutsu: I would love to see a community shared mnemonics built-in the tool. A special section to see alternative mnemonics suggested by users, maybe with an upvoting system to highlight which mnemonics people found most useful. I’m sure it would help with some leeches. This alr…

Yes that’s true, sometimes I make mnemonics in French, German or Spanish !

Of course someone would have already thought about it haha. Thanks, I will give it a go. Even it it helps with one word, it’s worth it ! :slight_smile:

Thanks everyone for the input! I will definitely have to check out the Community Mnemonics userscript and try some of these other tips for remembering those pesky こう kanji! For the record, what I’m talking about “dumb mistakes” on my end, it’s not typos that’s the problem (I already have the Double…

You’ve got to stop thinking of a word going down level(s) as punishment. You’re going to knock so many words back down through the whole run of this. I’ve definitely got some words that have gone up to master or enlightened only to come all the way back down more than once. Honestly I have the same …

Better ways to remember こう readings? And ways to keep from getting disheartened?

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gijsc1 November 18, 2022, 4:38pm 12

This already exists: community mnemonics 2. It is does not have that many mnemonics, but I have definitely seen some useful ones so far.

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Better ways to remember こう readings? And ways to keep from getting disheartened?

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