So, how many people here actually commit to this with every single kanji they learn? Do you find it worthwhile? I find that while I can read (in context, mind you) and sound out at this point a few thousand kanji and then some, I can only write from memory probably about 1000-1500.
If I am not repeatedly exposed to a particular kanji character I have a strong tendency to forget radicals/ordering of radicals.
Has anyone else experienced this, where reading way more kanji than you can write is the norm? Did you have to actually practice writing every single one down, or did you come up with a different cognitive method of being able to remember them better?
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I eventually plan on learning how to write them, but for now it’s not my priority as I’m just above N5 but not quite N4, and I value learning how to read, listen and speak much more.
I can read all the 2300 Joyo kanji and understand their meaning. Writing kanji off the top of my head, probably about 500.
There really isn’t a need to learn how to write the kanji, even if you live here in Japan. The kanji you need to know how to write off the top of your head like addresses, you just learn as you write them. Therefore I don’t really focus on learning how to write kanji off the top of my head but on reading it.
But it’s the norm to be able to read more then you can write. Writing off the top of your head you actually have to remember without any help, where as through reading and recognizing it’s easier cause you see the actual kanji and it’ll trigger your memory.
Writing certainly helps me remember characters better than just seeing. And once you learn how to write a lot of basic components, it gets progressively easier from there.
Can’t say I’m super-_committed_ to be able to write everything from memory, but I like to keep in practice as best I can…