Kanji is one of the difficult aspects in learning the Japanese language. This is felt when we do not have the cultural background of kanji. Even though it has the kanji culture such as Korea, China, Taiwan is sometimes difficult when dealing with Japanese kanji.
Premises to see the shape they usually know what the kanji meaning, how the writing, but they collided on the way to read it. Although the form of kanji used in Japanese kanji same as China or Korea, but a completely different way of reading.
That’s one kanji learning difficulties often experienced by the learners who have a background in kanji. If we want to master the Japanese language more deeply, then the kanji reading and writing skills must be mastered. But if we only want to master simple conversations, mastery of kanji can be learned only in passing. To master Japanese kanji character is not so hard if we are often trained to use it. Here are the basics of learning kanji, namely:
Bushu
Kanji character formed from a few lines or streaks that form parts of starch, then the parts will eventually form the kanji character intact. Bushu is a term with respect to the parts that exist in a kanji character that can be used as a basis for classification of kanji.
Kakusuu
Kakusuu is the number of lines or streaks forming kanji, or lines that make up the graffiti kanji is usually calculated. The number of lines or strokes that make up the kanji is very diverse, there is a simple kanji are formed from a few lines or streaks, but there is also a complex kanji that has a number of lines or streaks enough. To determine the number of lines or streaks kanji first we must know the lines or streaks that frequently used in the writing of kanji. Kakusuu can also be used to find the meaning of kanji that exist in a kanji dictionary.
Hitsujun
Hitsujun is a sequence of writing lines or streaks at the time of writing kanji. Writing kanji should be sequentially correct. Writing kanji with lines or streaks are not done arbitrarily but there is a way. First, layout of all we have to write graffiti on the first section and the middle and then write the bottom. Hitsujun term does not only apply to writing kanji, but might also apply to hiragana and katakana characters. Hitsujun In practice this will be helpful to memorize kanji one by one as appropriate.
Rikusho
Rikusho is a discussion about the origin of a kanji in the terms of the formation and utilization. There are kanji that are created by imitating or describing the shape of an object such as kanji yama “mountain”, kanji kawa” river “and so forth.
On’Yomi and Kun’yomi
On’yomi are to read kanji with their pronunciations in the language of how to imitate the ancient China while kun’yomi are to read kanji with Japanese set as a way to read kanji. In the dictionary on’yomi usually written with the kanji characters katakana, while kun’yomi be written in hiragana.
