Five practical ways to learn kanji and not forget them.
Kanji can look difficult, but they are built from smaller parts. These five ideas help.
- Learn the parts. 休 (rest) is 人 (person) next to 木 (tree) — a person resting by a tree.
- Learn kanji in words. Learn 学校 (school) and 学生 (student), not just 学.
- Write them. Writing a kanji 5 times in the right stroke order fixes it in memory.
- Review with spaced repetition. Review after 1 day, 3 days, 1 week and 1 month.
- Read every day. Seeing kanji in real sentences makes them stick.
Start with the kanji on our N5 page.