Hi, renshuu recommends three study vectors so as to not get too bogged down in quiz questions. I’m wondering which 2-3 would be best to study. Should I go Kanji Meaning + Kunyomi + Onyomi readings, or Kanji Meaning + Radical? Or another combination?
I have two kanji schedules with different vectors. The main one has meaning, on’yomi and kun’yomi. The other, which has many fewer kanji, has radicals, stroke counts and character writing. I find that this works fairly well for me.
I have two kanji schedules with different vectors. The main one has meaning, on’yomi and kun’yomi. The other, which has many fewer kanji, has radicals, stroke counts and character writing. I find that this works fairly well for me.
Interesting. How did you go about choosing which kanji make it to the radical subset?
You may want to keep an eye on which terms you see the kanji with, then check the dictionary and see if it's a kunyomi or onyomi reading and study from there. Consider making one schedule for kunyomi readings and another for onyomi readings if your terms do not encompass most of the common readings. I only recommend doing this because I toggled both kunyomi and onyomi on for my main kanji schedule and had a lot of issues with unusual readings popping up in the quizzes. (e.g. I knew the kunyomi reading but not the onyomi, so the question made no sense.)
You may want to approach radicals and stroke order AFTER you have a lengthy vocab including the kanji and a good grasp on their uses. Stroke order likely comes with repeated kanji drawing practice, while radicals usually make more sense when you already know the kanji by heart. (Some radicals are blatantly obvious while others are less obvious, so you can make radical studies easier by starting with the simplest kanji and working up from there.)
I do: Onyomi Readings, Kunyomi readings, Kanji meaning
And then for my Vocab schedules I use fill in the blank questions, where I write out the kanji using the hand-writing input tool, so I can get practice writing the kanji.
Oooo maybe I’ll try this. I was trying to figure out an easy way to take the kanji I’m studying and do reviews of writing practice to drill the Mnemonics and meanings. Idk what the best way is to go about doing exactly that though. I tried duplicating my main kanji schedule and setting it to only quiz Writing but it tried to teach me kanji I hadn’t yet got to on my main schedule.
I tried duplicating my main kanji schedule and setting it to only quiz Writing but it tried to teach me kanji I hadn’t yet got to on my main schedule.
Have you tried setting the schedule to prioritize the review first? If you click the gear next to the schedule name and scroll down, there should be an option that looks like this:
