The unbelievably easy kanji deck
Because Kanji by themselves had been getting boring, I was just relying on my sentence deck and reading to give me my Kanji exposure. However, lately I’ve been seeing kanji I just feel are interesting for some particular reason…so I wanted to make a deck to memorize those better.
For example, I’ve been looking at some different bird kanji lately that all use the familiar 鳥 radical. I’ll make a card with the word in kana, then put a vivid story and mention some of the radicals that I’ve learned through Heisig or that I’ve just made up myself.
Anyway here are two example cards from the start of my new deck. First, “duck.”
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FRONT OF CARD:
カモ
The カモran up to me with a FLYSWATTER and hit me in the face.
ANSWER:
鴨 quackity quack quack
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See? Not only easy to do, but helps it stick in my memory like glue. Next, “crane.”
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FRONT OF CARD:
ツル
The ツルwas stuffed into a TURKEY COOP and all hell broke loose as it escaped.
ANSWER:
鶴
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There you have it. I recommend sticking to Japanese keywords to do Kanji cards if you even have a upper-beginner’s level vocabulary. It’s best start using the Japanese words as much as humanly possible. Also, I’m making this a low-priority deck. My sentence deck will always come first as this one is just for extra practice and fun. I’ll only add cards when I find interesting Kanji.
