Types of Kanji

We all know the Japanese language is based on three script viz hiragana, katakana and kanji. Let’s talk about kanji, there are mainly 6 types of kanji. The kanji are the logographic Chinese character which is used in the Japanese language with the hiragana and katakana. Here are mainly 6 types of kanji mentioned below.

• Shōkei-moji 
• Shiji-moji 
• Kaii-moji 
• Keisei-moji 
• Tenchū-moji 
• Kasha-moji 

1. Shōkei-moji and Kaii-moji  – In these types all kanji character are the pictograms and sketches of the object they represent. Like eye, tree etc. The word Shōkei itself means pictogram.  
2. Shiji-moji  - In these types kanji character are like ideograms also called as associative compounds. These character are make up of moders character.
3. Keisei-moji  - These types of character is also called as phono-sementic or radical-phonetic compounds. Most of Japanese writing,  these types of character is to be used, This is the most important types of kanji character. Basically these characters are made up of two compounds. One is the left or top element and another Is the right or bottom element.
4. Tenchū-moji – The character in this group is also called as the derivative character or mutually synonymous character. Yes this will give you problem while learning. These character used where the meaning has extended.
5. Kasha-moji – These character is also called as rebuses. Specialty of these character is, these characters are appropriated to represent a similar sound words.

Kanji has the two different pronunciation namely "onyoumi" and "kunyoumi". Actually "onyoumi" is the natural Chinese pronunciation and “kunyoumi” is the pronunciation given to the kanji.

Best way to learn kanji.

In Japanese language there are three scripts Viz. hiragana, katakana and Kanji. Hiragana is the basic script for learning Japanese.  Hiragana and katakana have been formed from kanji. Here you will find useful tips for learning kanji.

By writing :

Writing is the best practice for remembering things, you can write kanji several time so you can remember it very well. Be prepared to write kanji at least 50 times.

Flash Cards :

This is also great resource for learning kanji. If you wanna save your money and the time make your own flash cards and learn from it. Best way to learn kanji is remember at least 10 kanji per day.

Using Kanji Pic and Graphic :

If you search on net you will get kanji poster. Put them around you, in your room so it will always in front of you.

Using Heising :

This is new method which has it’s fans and critics. By using Heising, each kanji is assigned unique mnemonic no in order to making it memorable. This method really help to learn Japanese kanji.

I can give you one suggestion here, use kanji in your daily life , and you can improve your kanji vocabulary by reading the kanji comics, magazine, books, news papers. The most important thing while learning kanji is be continual so you can’t jumble in the kanji character.

I have to mention one thing here there are lot of online teacher who teaches kanji online. But just watching you can’t learn Japanese kanji. Learning Japanese is quite difficult things. I know repetition is boaring thing,  most of people does not like it, but believe me it is most easy and chip method to learn Japanese kanji. By repeating it will memories very well and you can differentiate the kanji character.

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What's the Best Way to Learn Japanese Kanji?

Learning a language is a skill like swimming or driving. The more practice it, the more you learn. When you want to learn a language, try to start at the grass root level. If you plan to learn Japanese, then you should first know what’s the best way to learn kanji. Japanese consists of three distinct types of writing systems: hiragana, kanji and katakana. This is what makes it very difficult for a native English speaker to learn Japanese. English language has only 26 characters to learn. But in Japanese the hiragana, the simplest of the three writing systems comprises of approximately 45 characters; kanji comprises of 2000 to 3000 characters; and katakana also has several characters! 
The three writing systems mentioned above are both independent and interdependent for their comprehension. This means that you can write hiragana and make sense, without using kanji. But there are places when the hiragana has to be used with kanji in order to explain the meaning. When you start learning kanji, make sure that you are very thorough with hiragana. Then proceed to learn kanji.