Why We Don't Teach Readings (yet!) As mentioned in the introduction video to this series ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RKWrWRFyfYo.html ), it is my philosophy that it is a WASTE OF TIME to learn the readings for each kanji in isolation. I explain WHY in that video. To learn how to read kanji, I think it is best to learn WORDS that contain that kanji in the context of SENTENCES. We WILL be doing that in this series, after learning the meanings and writings for the 118 kanji in the JLPT N5 and Kanken 10 tests. So fear not! You WILL be learning how to read them in the near future. 😊
I actually agree, reading is really just assigning noise to the word. And considering that some kanji have the same spelling or sounds, you really need the context or picture to understand the difference.
oh man, i actually looked this up because i wanted to make a flag with my embrodery machine, it really is just a ball that is 3/5s of the height of a 2:3 ratio..... i think... i'm tired, i might have the numbers a bit wrong.@@ToKiniAndy
I love the way you teach kanji ! but I wish there was Kunyomi and Unyomi and japanese vocab examples so we could learn the kanjis completly . can`t wait for the N4 kanji series
Amazing series, we cant thank you enough! Im glad your doing things in this way without focusing on random pronunciations, and instead focusing on meanings
I remember Jewel because as "the the the king is holding in a jewel in his hand." In my story, the jewel is what gives the the king his power. Soccer is the game of kings in this kingdom, so they also refer to the (soccer) ball as the Jewel. Gold is then "the thing the king holds in his other hand." In my story, the Jewel makes you the king. Once you're king you get the Gold in the treasury. The king is inside the vault holding the gold, so there's s roof over his head. Or maybe its that once you have gold you can build a house (roof over head). anyways, thanks for this series! As of the time of this writing, I just spent 2-3 weeks learning and practicing Hiragana and Katakana. I've been learning Japanese words and some grammar for nearly 2 weeks now, but everything I'm reading is spelled out in kana. I was (and still am) intimidated but curious about kanji, so I decided to look around YT. After a few tries I found this series and am very happy with it! I'm sure my coursework will take me to kanji eventually, but because of this series I'll have a huge headstart! Thank you Andy!
Andy you gotta start including the Kunyomi and Onyomi. I feel like this would be assumed for kanji and how the Japanese actually say them, please start including the Japanese pronunciations not just English in further videos. A most common compound kanji would be nice too for each
The readings on their own aren't very helpful. They're only helpful in the context of vocabulary, which you already will learn when you... learn that vocabulary anyway. Knowing it can be pronounced a specific way isn't actually helpful without knowing when to use each way. Which again... you learn when you learn the vocabulary anyway. And since this isn't a vocabulary series... I think it has the perfect amount of focus without overwhelming new kanji learners.
