Onyomi, Kunyomi

[NoCityHeadAche]

How do people do it? How do you remember the 3, 4, 5+ readings a single kanji can have? How do you know what one to use in different situations? I'm having a pretty good time remember Kanji characters and their meanings, but their kun/onyomi readings is kicking my butt.

Any tips? Right now I'm just doing hardcore Flash card memorization but it still doesn't help much when it comes to remembering readings. Is there any way to find out which reading is used the most or something like that?

TIA

[Greji]

:confused:

How do people do it? How do you remember the 3, 4, 5+ readings a single kanji can have? How do you know what one to use in different situations? I'm having a pretty good time remember Kanji characters and their meanings, but their kun/onyomi readings is kicking my butt.

Any tips? Right now I'm just doing hardcore Flash card memorization but it still doesn't help much when it comes to remembering readings. Is there any way to find out which reading is used the most or something like that?

TIA

Just hang on! Charles, the resident kanji expert will be here with help in a flash.....

[Sentakki Fried Chicken]

[Charles]

[amdg]

[Takechanpoo]

[Mulboyne]

[NoCityHeadAche]

[omae mona]

[Charles]

The flash card routine has never worked for me.

Flash cards are difficult to use for kanji and vocabulary, since you have 3 things to memorize, the kanji, reading, and meaning. And there are no cards with three sides. But there are other useful and more practical tools, like the Check Sheet.

[Greji]

[Western All Stars]

Don't spend any time memorizing on/kun. If you just focus on learning words, your brain will start to recognize the patterns and "fill in the blanks" when you see a new word for the first time that has characters from other words you already know. Of course words with unusual readings take a little bit more work, but in those cases the readings aren't on/kun anyway.

[pheyton]

For me I learned Kanji more effectively while living in Japan than here in a classroom in the US. I interacted with it everyday and used it everyday. That's not to say I am not learning now, it is just slower going. Immersion is the best way to learn, so ya, read, read, read.

[Mulboyne]

[pheyton]

The real problem lies in being able to write them! Sure you can read them, but can you write them?

[NoCityHeadAche]

Computers are a wonderful invention

By the way, can anyone here point me out to some beginner friendly kanji reading material?

[Charles]

[ojara]

Computers are a wonderful invention

By the way, can anyone here point me out to some beginner friendly kanji reading material?

I recomend zaurus
http://ezaurus.com/

any kanji can input by pen, and check dictionary for yomigana.
my freind love to study of japanese by zaurus.

used one cheap in sofmap.