Japanese katakana,hiragana,kanji

[brad12]

What is most important in Japanese katakana, hiragana, kanji.Is there is any easier way to learn this.Japanese character is very different to other characters.

[Javizy]

Hiragana and katakana are pretty straightforward. There are a couple of tutorials on about.com which show you how to write them, and it doesn't take long to memorise them. That are plenty of books or iTunes apps if you do need any extra help.

As for kanji, just use this book, and review using either Anki or RevTK (be sure to check the forum on this site). It makes life infinitely easier.

[brad12]

Thanks Javizy for your information.I used this book.it is very helpful for me.Thanks again.

[Javizy]

No problem.

[cterao]

All three are used together throughout Japanese writing.

Like Javizy said, the Kana (Hiragana and Katakana) should be much easier to learn since there are a lot less of them and they are used in a way that is easier for most people to understand (like letters in the English alphabet).

With about 2000 Kanji in common use, Kanji is going to be more of a challenge. But the Remembering the Kanji book is a good recommendation. Take it slow and move at your own pace with the Kanji. I know that there are a lot, but don't let that intimidate you.

[ander8339]

The book Reading Japanese by Eleanor Harz Jorden helped me. The first few chapters practice reading katakana, the next few hiragana, and the rest of the book 425 kanji. Each new character introduced is followed by one or more words and several phrases. You can definitely take your time more than with other readers I've seen, which tend to throw too much at you too fast. You need to be learning grammar at the same time by some other means, though, otherwise you sometimes won't understand the sentences even though you can pronounce them. Each chapter introduces 25 kanji, and at the end of each chapter there's a reading selection which reviews everything up to that point. Another reader I've seen in libraries which looks good is Japanese Readers by Oreste Vaccari--but it's out of print.

[brad12]

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