teach me kanji (very complicated)

[hilmnanshini]

Originally Posted by StueyT

Sometimes names are written differently so that it is recognised as a name. My friend also writes her name in hiragana. It's just the way it's done sometimes. Also, in some mangas, it may be because the kanji used in the name is above the level of the target audience, or it may not be kanji that is taught in schools.

Roughly 2000-2500 are taught in schools, but I believe up to 10000 are actually in the language. It is common for unlearnt kanji to be in peoples names

what?? 10000?? how can people of japan remember of them?? is all of the kanji is used for the communicating?

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by hilmnanshini

what?? 10000?? how can people of japan remember of them?? is all of the kanji is used for the communicating?

There are as many as a million words in English. Do you know them all? Does anyone know them all? No.

Number of Words in the English Language

On the other hand, the average speaker only knows 10,000 to 20,000.

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In other words, the average English speaker only knows possibly one or two percent of all words in the English language!

Just a tip for you: In the future, when you have questions about the language as a language (as opposed to the grammar or vocabulary), just think about your own native language. Often, analogies provide illumination!

[talycap]

ah ok so learnng kanji woun't be easy to study on my own i need some one to teach me so thats how difficult kanji is hmmmmm

[Seele]

How can somebody TEACH you KANJI? o_0

The only thing that helps here is your patience, will & hard work.
All you need is a book where:
1/ should be the order of strokes (otherwise, you won't be able to write them correctly)
2/ should be kun & on readings (knowledge of only visual form of kanji won't help you to read the word)
3/ should be examples of words with this kanji (you'll remember reading easier that way)

So, you take such a book and...learn kanji every day, practice writing, brush up the older ones so as not to forget them. You better not learn 20-30 a day. First that can be 3-5, but practice them till the positive result. If it's easy for you, take more. Less quantity= better quality. If you learn even 3 a day, it becomes 90 a month. ^_~

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by talycap

ah ok so learnng kanji woun't be easy to study on my own i need some one to teach me so thats how difficult kanji is hmmmmm

I've learned hundreds of kanji in a few months all on my own.