So I've been trying to memorize the kanji in such a way that I can recall it from memory at will. However, unlike with Katakana, Hiragana, or Radicals, the way of "organizing" your memory is not entirely clear - this is kind of concerning when you are trying to figure out which order to recite them in. Katakana and Hiragana can be organized into the standard "akasatana hamayarawan" table, and radicals can be organized by their number. But as for kanji, I've been trying a few methods, all of which seem kind of awkward; what especially awkward is that even the order to memorize them is not entirely clear.
1) Separate kanji into groups by JLPT Number and stroke count. Even at JLPT N5, this leaves groups of 10+ Kanji with the same stroke count.
2) Separate kanji into groups by Jouyou Number and stroke count. Even at Jouyou 1, this leaves groups of 10+ Kanji with the same stroke count.
3) Some kind of dictionary order? I might have to memorize some very obscure kanji at first, but this might be better in the long run, because it's a stricter ordering. Or is it?
To make 1) and 2) a little easier, I've been trying to further organize the kanji with a given Jouyou/JLPT number and stroke count. For example, there are 8 Jouyou 1 kanji with 2 strokes. 5 of those are numbers (2-7-8-9-10). The other 3 are "person", "enter", and "power". As a mnemonic, I imagine a person forcefully slamming through a door into order to enter a room.
Don't worry, I've got the memorization for each individual kanji down. I can imagine how they are drawn inside my head. The question is how to mentally organize them the best way in relation to *each other*....
As for my dictionary, I've been using ZKanji. It's open source so I don't feel like I'm getting scammed, it has a very convenient search function to view the subset of kanji I care about, and it has stroke order.
Any more ideas?
1) Separate kanji into groups by JLPT Number and stroke count. Even at JLPT N5, this leaves groups of 10+ Kanji with the same stroke count.
2) Separate kanji into groups by Jouyou Number and stroke count. Even at Jouyou 1, this leaves groups of 10+ Kanji with the same stroke count.
3) Some kind of dictionary order? I might have to memorize some very obscure kanji at first, but this might be better in the long run, because it's a stricter ordering. Or is it?
To make 1) and 2) a little easier, I've been trying to further organize the kanji with a given Jouyou/JLPT number and stroke count. For example, there are 8 Jouyou 1 kanji with 2 strokes. 5 of those are numbers (2-7-8-9-10). The other 3 are "person", "enter", and "power". As a mnemonic, I imagine a person forcefully slamming through a door into order to enter a room.
Don't worry, I've got the memorization for each individual kanji down. I can imagine how they are drawn inside my head. The question is how to mentally organize them the best way in relation to *each other*....
As for my dictionary, I've been using ZKanji. It's open source so I don't feel like I'm getting scammed, it has a very convenient search function to view the subset of kanji I care about, and it has stroke order.
Any more ideas?