Need Help with Kanji?

Kanji! The one thing many of us who study Japanese can seriously struggle with, don't worry you're not alone in that struggle! Now if you don't study Japanese, or just don't know what Kanji is... Kanji is the traditional Chinese characters used in Japanese writing. They can be a bit hard to tackle, being that it takes a good amount of strokes to write some of them and truthfully they can be a bit hard to remember... 

So here, to help you guys out a little.... 

 

 These are some simple Kanji that you can study and try to remember! Now to actually get these down, I have a few recommendations. But I must warn you all... it involves *gasp* studying. 

• Try learning one of these a day, or if that sounds like to much for you just try 2-3 of these a week. 
• Keep at it, and by that I mean don't just give up because they seem hard or confusing. 
• Write it as much as possible! You have to keep writing this, along with your hiragana until it feels natural, or else you might forget. 
• Look for kanji in Japanese writing, try reading Japanese news in Japanese.
• If you want to spend money, then I recommend buying flash cards with beginner level kanji and studying them as much as possible. 
• Remember why you wanted to learn Japanese in the first place and imagine how good it will feel when you have kanji down packed. This should help you get through any of those "I wanna give up..." moments. 

And for good measure... another kanji chart!