I know that WaniKani does not teach recall/writing intentionally but it is something that I want to learn and something that will help me cement the kanji I have learned in my head.
I already know ~300 kanji from Genki, read and write, and I was wondering if there are any methods that you guys use to recall and write kanji.
I have installed the stroke order userscript. Should I just write the kanji that I learn like 15 or so times once it comes up in a notebook or something? Maybe should I write it every time it shows up in reviews? Will this give me the ability to learn to recall that kanji? What do you guys think is the best way?
Also, I am new here but I am abandoning my old methods of studying kanji (just writing it a lot and learning the on, kun, and itās useage) as theyāve gotten old, boring, and repetitive for me.
What I found helpful was writing sentences and paragraphs by hand. You may consider a pen-pal, or diary, even its repetitive youāll get good at those words and be able to free up space for new oneās when unusual things happen in your life. Youāll also get a good feel for common radicals that will help your hand learn words faster.
From what Iāve read when looking for native writing-practice resources, most recommend writing a kanji at least forty times to really commit its strokes to mental and muscle memory.
For just reading, powerful sensory mnemonics can get it cemented to start, and then from there reading it in the wild (and writing it if you can) to lock it in.
I do calligraphy with various kanji. Normally I go to a class, but with all thatās going on I told her not to expect me (the teacher is still running the class, but sheās old herself and Iām trying to minimize my social contacts). Instead, Iām just practicing with brush pens every once in a while, which is less helpful as I donāt get pro feedback but better for everyone involved. Writing the kanji in the calligraphy grids at mega sizes also helps me remember exactly how more difficult āstackedā kanji are written and their proportions (darn you ęø, å¤, and čč). Itās also pretty fun!
Iāll also toss in to be sure to practice from the handwritten version of kanji, not the fonts you see on WK and in other places. Handwritten kanji often differ a bit, and theyāre often harder to write and look horrible if you try and copy a computer font. Off the top of my head, čØ and å¦. (calligraphy kanji often can have a few twists of their own, but Iāve found that handwritten kanji are just less dramatic in their strokes)
There are sites such as Kaniwani and Kamesame which link with your Wanikani account and they show you a definition and you have to give the kanji to match that definition.
And I donāt really know if or how you can do it on the pc. One method would be to use anki for SRS and stroke order diagrams and then still write them on paper, thatās probably what Iād do.
I see! I am not very knowledgeable so forgive me but isnāt WaniKani also SRS? So if I had to stroke order diagrams next to the kanji, I could just use WaniKani instead of Anki? I like the interface haha
I write down all kanji and vocabs that I encounter in WaniKani, in a notebook I keep next to my computer - evert time i encounter them. Even if it doesnāt help too much with recollection, it at least helps with the muscle memory (which also helps me with recollection of meaning and reading).
Usually, I see the word popping, then trying to write it without looking at the screen. And if I have time, I sometimes try to write out other words utilizing the kanji, to check my recollection of other kanji found in compounds with the one that popped.
