Background: i am a Chinese native speaker and I came across learning Japanese on Duolingo. It mainly focused on getting the basics out of the way and easing into kanji later.
When I use duolingo, I find myself confused when seeing the words in kana, but the meaning becomes instantly clear for me when i type on my iphone’s romaji keyboard and see the kanji version of it. Such as ここ and 此処. I guess i do not fit the usual user-base (on English internet) that are initially unfamiliar with kanji/chinese characters.
I am also aware that the kanji version of some words is considered out dated and are usually represented by kana instead.
So, Are there resources where there is initially extensive kanji/ kanji to aid understanding, and then transition to the normal written usage of the language? What are your recommended resources to learn japanese specifically tailored to chinese native speakers?
Thank you
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[Wani Kani](https://www.wanikani.com/)
[Renshuu](https://www.renshuu.org/) is working well for me. It allows you to choose your starting point, so you don’t have to start too small. The settings also allow you to adjust kanji/kana/furigana settings.
It’s built in modules, so it’s easy to adjust your study schedule. (I overshot vocabulary and had to circle back to catch up grammar) I also like kanji better than kana for reading, so the example sentences are the right difficulty without kana text walls. There is also a native speaker reading almost all the examples sentences. Everything connects to dictionaries and references, and there’s gaming elements if that helps motivate you. 🙂
I wouldn’t recommend that approach.
I’m not a native speaker, but learned Chinese first and then ended up using kanji as a crutch so my vocabulary is still pretty poor even though I can get by pretty well if I’m reading.
Now I’m forcing myself to just listen without subtitles because otherwise I’ll think I know a lot of Japanese, but actually I’m just getting the meaning from the kanji and not really learning anything.