Kanji Garden is a website for learning Kanji readings. Its for beginner levels to more advanced if you want a readymade Kanji system at the N2/N1 level.
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What
Kanapro is an online website tool. You can click once through the settings, give your preferences and then annoyingly refuses to let you ever change them. So in other words, it treats you like an incompetent person unable to take charge of your own learning. But pretty pictures show up on the screen! (This and ppl who consume like this are why we cant have nice things).
From the entry point, you have a selection of 'batch kanji' that you input so that (they can sell your data) you can 'set a limit'. which is apparently 1000 kanji, which is an absolute joke because you need 2136 to ecen be able to pass the JLPT. In other words, you can slightly be 'literate' at a kindergarten level by the end of it. The idea more or less a giant Anki SRS deck where you 'water' your 'garden of kanji' each day to unlock some of the Japanese language. Because remember kanji are parts of a word, not the whole word, just the idea/rough meaning.
So you hit the start learning button, then new learner. I have gone in as a totally newbie level for clarity's sake, and press finish.You then get the kanji for one come up and a walkthrough tutorial. Then you 'plant' your first 'seed'. You actually just press done and it gives you the meaning and press next a lot. Then launches into a linguistics diatribe about ideograms (which is when you have a language bit that gives across the meaning of an idea, or 木=tree/pictograph, 森= trees/ideograph). Then next, and some Kunyomi readings with examples, which you can do in Anki decks. For free. And nobody asks for your data. To sell. Because thats weird and predatory.
Then you can see some 'sample kanji' like 2, three, mouth and sun. and the 'related kanji'. Of 'person'. And the private note section. As a private note here, as a linguisics student, I don't understand what this is for. Person looks nothing like one, nor is it explained how it is related at all. They are both Kanji, but so are tree and trees. You then press complete. You then do reviews and I wonder why Anki wasnt good enough for these ppl.
To batch skip, you simply press the help button, and then the batch kanji option comes up where you manually avoid kanji by inputting ones you already know. Then reviews, which are random and annoying. You can also unlock hidden features like the 'Counting in Japanese' diatribe which calls ancient hiragana a 'limited syllabary' and then doesnt explain what the fancy linguistics words like onyomi and kunyomi are. Which of course you as a beginner will totally know and understand and not get dautned at at the frist hurdle and run. (Kill me plz, Kun-yomi is the Japanese native sound, On-yomi is the older Chines reading). Then goes on to gloss over Arabic and Roman numeral history, and Chinese history and then conflates Latin and Germanic family languages. English is Germanic, Italian is vaguely related to Latin ones. The rest is 'too dense' so I'll stop there and let you review your kanji on the core 2K Anki deck. Actual counting in Japanese uses 10,000s and so on, not 1000s, pretty due to how we count money, and how inflation has been affecting that, as well from Chinese history being that way as well. Counter suffixes are also highly common so beware of that as well. Intermediate Routledge for counters is my go to recommendation.
After that you just 'sprout' and review.
Where
https://kanji.garden/
Who
The creators of Kanji alive is:
Kyle who has mostly given up on updating the thing.
These all have many, many people involved in these projects whom I would love to highlight if they wish to be.
When
Available online.
Why
Easy and goes with Wanikani. Otherwise dont bother.https://kanji.garden/
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Kanji Garden is a website for learning Kanji readings. Its for beginner levels to more advanced if you want a readymade Kanji system at the N2/N1 level.
What
Kanji Garden is an online website tool. You can click once through the settings, give your preferences and then annoyingly refuses to let you ever change them. So in other words, it treats you like an incompetent person unable to take charge of your own learning. But pretty pictures show up on the screen! (This and ppl who consume like this are why we cant have nice things).
From the entry point, you have a selection of 'batch kanji' that you input so that (they can sell your data) you can 'set a limit'. which is apparently 1000 kanji, which is an absolute joke because you need 2136 to ecen be able to pass the JLPT. In other words, you can slightly be 'literate' at a kindergarten level by the end of it. The idea more or less a giant Anki SRS deck where you 'water' your 'garden of kanji' each day to unlock some of the Japanese language. Because remember kanji are parts of a word, not the whole word, just the idea/rough meaning.
So you hit the start learning button, then new learner. I have gone in as a totally newbie level for clarity's sake, and press finish.You then get the kanji for one come up and a walkthrough tutorial. Then you 'plant' your first 'seed'. You actually just press done and it gives you the meaning and press next a lot. Then launches into a linguistics diatribe about ideograms (which is when you have a language bit that gives across the meaning of an idea, or 木=tree/pictograph, 森= trees/ideograph). Then next, and some Kunyomi readings with examples, which you can do in Anki decks. For free. And nobody asks for your data. To sell. Because thats weird and predatory.
Then you can see some 'sample kanji' like 2, three, mouth and sun. and the 'related kanji'. Of 'person'. And the private note section. As a private note here, as a linguisics student, I don't understand what this is for. Person looks nothing like one, nor is it explained how it is related at all. They are both Kanji, but so are tree and trees. You then press complete. You then do reviews and I wonder why Anki wasnt good enough for these ppl.
To batch skip, you simply press the help button, and then the batch kanji option comes up where you manually avoid kanji by inputting ones you already know. Then reviews, which are random and annoying. You can also unlock hidden features like the 'Counting in Japanese' diatribe which calls ancient hiragana a 'limited syllabary' and then doesnt explain what the fancy linguistics words like onyomi and kunyomi are. Which of course you as a beginner will totally know and understand and not get dautned at at the frist hurdle and run. (Kill me plz, Kun-yomi is the Japanese native sound, On-yomi is the older Chines reading). Then goes on to gloss over Arabic and Roman numeral history, and Chinese history and then conflates Latin and Germanic family languages. English is Germanic, Italian is vaguely related to Latin ones. The rest is 'too dense' so I'll stop there and let you review your kanji on the core 2K Anki deck. Actual counting in Japanese uses 10,000s and so on, not 1000s, pretty due to how we count money, and how inflation has been affecting that, as well from Chinese history being that way as well. Counter suffixes are also highly common so beware of that as well. Intermediate Routledge for counters is my go to recommendation.
After that you just 'sprout' and review.
Where
https://kanji.garden/
Who
The creators of Kanji alive is:
Kyle who has mostly given up on updating the thing.
These all have many, many people involved in these projects whom I would love to highlight if they wish to be.
When
Available online.
Why
Easy and goes with Wanikani. Otherwise dont bother.
Socials
Email : learnjapanese43@gmail.com
Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LearnJapanese43
Discord : @learnjapaneseforfree
Tiktok : @learnjapaneseforfree
Youtube: @learnjapaneseforfree /LJ43?
This review is part of the Learn Japanese for free project. I have, do not and never will derive any profit from this project. Please send any requests, questions or further information about free tools for learning Japanese to learnjapanese43@gmail.com which is checked totally sporadically becuase the originator is perezoso.
Socials
Email : learnjapanese43@gmail.com
Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LearnJapanese43
Discord : @learnjapaneseforfree
Tiktok : @learnjapaneseforfree
Youtube: @learnjapaneseforfree /LJ43?
This review is part of the Learn Japanese for free project. I have, do not and never will derive any profit from this project. Please send any requests, questions or further information about free tools for learning Japanese to learnjapanese43@gmail.com which is checked totally sporadically becuase the originator is perezoso.
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