Re: Newbie stuff: Kanji. The Heisig-way or the Highway?


Soren Svendsen wrote:
> I just began on Heisigs unorthodox method of learning kanji. To my
> delight I make progress way faster than I had expected. I decided to do
> this because my japanese course has been postponed for over a month. So
> I figured I might try that method instead.
>
> Anyone here who did their first kanji memorization trying Heisig's
> method and stuck with it? What is your verdict?

Basic Kanji Books. Accept no substitutions.

(One of the few decent things Charles ever did in this group is suggest
that book to me)

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