Do you remember the number of strokes? Do you search by SKIP code?
Also, what about multiple radical Kanji input?
If you do, how do you remember the number of strokes – for faster searching?
I was grown up not using OCR properly, sorry. Writing Kanji in Kanji dictionary by hand sometimes is not working.
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Edit: I now create Anki decks with stroke orders:
Based on Jisho.org, I created Anki decks to remember “Stroke count”, for my personal use. Total 252 cards.
Neither…Google OCR is OP. Though I saw someone mention KanjiTomo in another thread, so I downloaded that and think it’ll be useful for various things for sure.
i dont remember the number of strokes necessarily, but if i see a kanji i can go through the stroke order and count them. i use skip sometimes but sometimes i miscount the number of strokes and then its a pain
I was really into SKIP until the radicals from WK really began sticking. Now when I do reviews I think of radicals instead of SKIP because I will and do write them by hand. It helps me remember the overall form more.
As for searching, I just look up the radicals and I guess I count the strokes in my head. I don’t memorize them. OH! I’ll write the character by hand in the air to help me count the strokes. __φ(．．)
Sameish as @ShotgunLagoon + radicals (I started my Japanese adventure with RTK, so breaking kanji down into components is my first instinct) (It also makes it easier to guess at stroke count if I have to, incidentally).
That dictionary is a blessing, honestly. If I’m VERY stumped, though, or if I’m trying to read a character written with handwriting I can’t confidently parse enough to recreate it/guess at the component, then I go to this wiki page here after guesstimating a rough stroke count and start hunting. Actually works pretty well. I’m usually accurate to within one stroke, and since I’m looking for a particular structure it narrows down what I’m looking at very quickly.
That’s a lot of cards. It would be useful to remember the stroke order, it would help you write.
Writing kanji has a fluidity to it that English doesn’t. I have practiced writing kanji calligraphy with large brush strokes before and it is very relaxing… but difficult!
I noticed in your browser tabs the article List of kanji by concept. This is a really interesting way of organising kanji. I have always liked that kanji seem to represent concepts, I find the ambiguity more comforting.
Last time I practiced was a long time ago! I hadn’t started WaniKani then. Sadly I don’t have any remaining pictures of it. I certainly want to pick up calligraphy again.
I was thinking of buying a 筆ペン [ふでペン] (brush pen) and some 原稿用紙 [げんこうようし] (draft paper) and write each new kanji I learn a few times. It would be very time consuming.
It says “別無工夫”, meaning “no spiritual meaning,” supposedly. I don’t see it.
