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How to use a stroke index to look up kanji for the N3 JLPT test
To look up kanji there are a number of ways including a form index, an onkun index and using a stroke index. You will need to know all of these as finding kanji can be very difficult.
This post we introduce the stroke index and how to use it to look up kanji that you don't know when studying for the N3JLPT test. As you study you will come across many kanji that you don't know and so you need to quickly learn effective ways to lokk up, find and learn new kanji. It is a very important study skill for the N3 JLPT test, particularly for western learners with no prior kanji experience. Where kanji is seen more of a mountain climb to Everest than for other Asian learners with a kanji background.
Remember that when you learn Japanese you pretty much have to teach yourself everything, no free ride here, it is still an undocumented language. Even if you go to a language school you don't get everything you need!!!!!!!
The Compact Nelson Kanji
dictionary can help you quickly find unknown kanji, we reviewed the book here, and video to look inside here
How to use a stroke index to look up kanji for the N3 JLPT test
To look up kanji there are a number of ways including a form index, an onkun index and using a stroke index. You will need to know all of these as finding kanji can be very difficult.
This post we introduce the stroke index and how to use it to look up kanji that you don't know when studying for the N3JLPT test. As you study you will come across many kanji that you don't know and so you need to quickly learn effective ways to lokk up, find and learn new kanji. It is a very important study skill for the N3 JLPT test, particularly for western learners with no prior kanji experience. Where kanji is seen more of a mountain climb to Everest than for other Asian learners with a kanji background.
Remember that when you learn Japanese you pretty much have to teach yourself everything, no free ride here, it is still an undocumented language. Even if you go to a language school you don't get everything you need!!!!!!!
The Compact Nelson Kanji
dictionary can help you quickly find unknown kanji, we reviewed the book here, and video to look inside here
How to use a stroke order index video below
To quickly get up to speed for studying for the N3 JLPT, a knowledge of using a range of indexes for looking up kanji is essential in your study technique for the N3 JLPT test
