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@hinekidori Have you listened to the whole video? 
Still working through it. They start dogging on WK @ 1:16. 
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At this point Iām sure that Aniki is a spy by the national kanji agency and tries to destroy this website from the inside x)
But yeah its quite interesting to watch these.
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Haha, Nah I just have these videos pop on my Youtube Home page that turn out to be interesting lol.
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Donāt worry, keep sharing these 
George seems to be totally lost in terms of knowing what WK is about. I understand Mattās perspective, but heās guessing too much. Thatās his bias.
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At this point I no longer know what WK is about myselfā¦ All I know is that it kind of works and I can understand some Kanji if I see it. All while having some fun and a nice community, so yey for WK
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They might even say that WK forces you their mnemonicsā¦ like hello?? Thereās a section for notes??
EDIT: At least they enjoy fake radicalsā¦
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Is there even a point of ārealā japanese radicals? In the end they are just building blocks made to recognize/memorize and write down kanji easier, even for Japanese people right? Radicals and how you perceive them themselves donāt have an actual meaning I think 
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Paper dictionaries. Thatās about it.
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I believe JP people learn kanji by strokes. Not sure.
Theyāre used for categorization for Japanese people, not building blocks. Each kanji only has one radical.
So that makes radicals basicly useless/unnesesary for japanese people huh? TIL. Also ty to everyone for the explanations :3
The truth is they are both biased to their methods and should be willing to talk to WK before shitting on it.
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Noā¦ How did you get that from what was said?
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I was just wondering that same thing lol. Maybe he meant ānon-japaneseā?
What I got was that radicals only exist to look things up easier (something along those lines). Together with chezmaxās comment I thought that you donāt really need them in every day life for a japanese personā¦
Tbh I have no Idea what Iām talking about, thats just what I got from ur comment. Iāll look it up myself afterwards, donāt want to derail this thread.
Iām sure it will gain quite a lot of traction (like the last one) and actual discussion about the video with arise soon x) Thanks for trying to explain it tho.
EDIT: I have no Idea why but Iām actually terrified of Leebo lmao
The radicals categorize the kanji no matter if youāre using a paper dictionary or any other kind of dictionary. They give you a starting point to understand the meaning of the kanji, even ones that are less obvious.
Regardless of if you use a paper dictionary or not, itās useful to know that risshinben (fish stick radical) is based on åæ and thus kanji with it tend to be related to feelings/emotions. Thatās just one aspect.
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