I've been thinking of making another exposition whenever I get the time (would be a big project). This time slowing things down and offering more information. I'm trying to learn all this myself and trying to find the best method to learn.
@twlight76 "needs" is the keyword there... to actually reach a native fluency level in regards to kanji you will want to know more like 3000. (just an estimate on my part) there are about 900 relatively common kanji used beside what's in the joyo kanji list... for the love of god the kanji for "ore"(I) was never in the jouyou kanji list until 2009 I think. It's common as hell.
I learned all jouyou-kanji a couple of years ago, but didn't keep the studies up and have forgotten most of them by now. Watching this, all the characters I once knew, and with that sad music... it actually had an emotional impact on me :P
@jjsakuraiii The special reading maru (which means "round" or "circle"). It is used when reading individual digits of a number one after another, instead of as a full number. A popular example is the 109 store in Shibuya, Tokyo which is read as ichi-maru-kyū。 This usage of maru for numerical 0 is similar to reading numeral 0 in English as oh. It literally means a circle. However, as a number, it is only written as 0 or rei (零).
You should post a link to the annotations editor for this video in the description box so anyone can help add romaji / hiragana for each character as an annotation.
Furigana is basically kanji with their pronunciations spelled out in small hiragana on top or to the side. It's useful for students who don't know that many kanji yet and also because many kanji have different pronunciations.
You are correct, thank you. This is the kanji for trillion "chou". North is "hoku" 北 . When I get the time I'll redo this presentation with slower frame times and readings.
I can't believe how close these two characters are, they are just about identical. But you have a good eye. The character for stone is [seki/ishi] whose top stroke does not cross 石. Right is what is incorrectly presented. Very good.
arigato!you're so amazing...I've been trying to learn japanese but all of the kanji are so hard to remember it's easier when there are only a few hundred to memorize(total sarcasm)but it IS very helpful to have the most commonly used ones.
I am going to Japan in one year. I have already memorized and understand hiragana and katakana. I don't have money to buy anything expensive for assistance. I'm teaching myself how to speak it, but Kanji is what stumps me. I need to be able to read the kanji on the street signs, train stations and store signs when I do get there but I do not know where to start with Kanji! Is there any tips you can give me?
@CosmoWithAngel You are correct! [KEI] 軽 means "manage" not "marriage", Some examples include 経理 [KEIRI] for "accounting" and 軽営 [KEIEI] "management" ありがとう！
Unfortunately for that to work, you would need context. That is, how the characters are used and in what part(s) of the word(s) they are used for. Many of the kanji have at least 2 pronunciations depending on whether it is being used to form a noun, or an adjective, verb, etc.
Problem is all these Kanji have multiple readings. There are other projects I'm thinking about like mnemonics stories, verbs lists, adjectives/adverbs.
really, give us the song name!! I used it yesterday for meditation, is just stunning!! I will use your work for video projection in a big screen, in a restaurant...
@jgrider234 No, sorry you're incorrect. Practically speaking one only needs the 1,945 kanji in the Jooyoo Kanji, and only 1000 are taught in elementary school.
Cool dude, so much would have wanted to live in Japan when I was your age. I'm envious. Do you follow the American school system of high school or the Japanese system?
@twlight76 Musical geniuses, I definitely agree..! However please tell me how to make youtube videos like this..! I want to make my own study videos. Not only for Kanji but for vocabulary grammar and anything else I want to study in video format with background music..!
Ok, silly question I am sure but I am only a beginner. I noticed some Kanji have more than one meaning, does that mean that you have to relate it to the correct context when seeing it in a newspaper, for example?
@kimiko121 Seems so. They combine two or more simple words to make compound words, similar to what the Germans do. Guess that's why they call it the language of the infinite. Go one at at time, get 50 or 100 down to start and stick with very core meanings.
I know korean and I only have been learning japanese for 1 year at an american school in japan. Im not really even using the language every day. So I havnt learned as much as i want to.
Yea, don't know myself what place that has in Japanese grammar. If anyone else knows, drop a line please. I don't think it's zero or the little repeat kanji.
I know meybe.. 9 kanji symbols? (these from the names of the days of the week and from hare, kumori, yuki, ame :D) Kanji is amazing. It's still too complicated for me ;( But I can write and pronounce hiragana symbols^^
@jgrider234 It says Most Frequent in the title it dose not say all Kanji. The title tells you it's not going to show all Kanji. So what are you talking about?
There are 1,945 kanji to be learned this is all covered in jpanese school in elementry over half of it is learned these kanji have been decided as the kanji for everyday use there is kanji,hiragana,and katakana these are the types of characthers that are used in japan you can learn them with a dictionary and the nintendo ds they used to be pictures but over time they started to look less like what they ment even but even now if you take a good look they still sort of do japan is proud of them.
Hey, how much time do u think is needed to learn just kanji? And do u know in what order do I use it, or any site whose contains this information? Thanks for attention XD
@YeonGaram I have a question for you if you understand Chinese. What do the Chinese do about proper names and places? I have never seen the roman alphabet used but always Chinese characters for things like New York or western names. Are there a set of characters used to sound things like that out?
go hardcore, act like kobe bryant all angry and determined, memorize ALL the kanji in these two videos. you won't magically understand japanese perfectly but everything will make A LOT more sense, like neo seeing the matrix in green code for the first time
People say Japanese originated from china when they sent 500 men and women to the island. The books in chinese got soaked and made the words look different.
yes and then all you'll have to learn is hiragana and katanaka which are easy enough to learn...then you'll be able to speak japanese!and chinese!major plus!yay!lol!^_^
I remember waching this for 3 years ago, looked so impossible at the time, now I recodnize 5/6 parts or it.
This song is from the band Sigur Ros from Iceland, album is titled literally ( ) and it is untitled track #3 (edited). Sigur Ros is simply phenomenal.
I've been thinking of making another exposition whenever I get the time (would be a big project). This time slowing things down and offering more information. I'm trying to learn all this myself and trying to find the best method to learn.
Wow! You did a great job here, dude!
Congratulations and THANK YOU!
@twlight76 "needs" is the keyword there... to actually reach a native fluency level in regards to kanji you will want to know more like 3000. (just an estimate on my part) there are about 900 relatively common kanji used beside what's in the joyo kanji list... for the love of god the kanji for "ore"(I) was never in the jouyou kanji list until 2009 I think. It's common as hell.
I learned all jouyou-kanji a couple of years ago, but didn't keep the studies up and have forgotten most of them by now. Watching this, all the characters I once knew, and with that sad music... it actually had an emotional impact on me :P
@jjsakuraiii The special reading maru (which means "round" or "circle"). It is used when reading individual digits of a number one after another, instead of as a full number. A popular example is the 109 store in Shibuya, Tokyo which is read as ichi-maru-kyū。 This usage of maru for numerical 0 is similar to reading numeral 0 in English as oh. It literally means a circle. However, as a number, it is only written as 0 or rei (零).
You should post a link to the annotations editor for this video in the description box so anyone can help add romaji / hiragana for each character as an annotation.
Furigana is basically kanji with their pronunciations spelled out in small hiragana on top or to the side. It's useful for students who don't know that many kanji yet and also because many kanji have different pronunciations.
You are correct, thank you. This is the kanji for trillion "chou". North is "hoku" 北 .
When I get the time I'll redo this presentation with slower frame times and readings.
I love that you can watch these 20 times and
1. It still wouldn't be enough to remember all
2. You wouldn't feel guilty on youtube wasting your time
at 2:12, the meaning is not 'sell' (売) but rather 'institution' like in 病院 (hospital)
I can't believe how close these two characters are, they are just about identical. But you have a good eye. The character for stone is [seki/ishi] whose top stroke does not cross 石. Right is what is incorrectly presented. Very good.
arigato!you're so amazing...I've been trying to learn japanese but all of the kanji are so hard to remember it's easier when there are only a few hundred to memorize(total sarcasm)but it IS very helpful to have the most commonly used ones.
I am going to Japan in one year. I have already memorized and understand hiragana and katakana. I don't have money to buy anything expensive for assistance. I'm teaching myself how to speak it, but Kanji is what stumps me. I need to be able to read the kanji on the street signs, train stations and store signs when I do get there but I do not know where to start with Kanji! Is there any tips you can give me?
@CosmoWithAngel
You are correct! [KEI] 軽 means "manage" not "marriage", Some examples include 経理 [KEIRI] for "accounting" and 軽営 [KEIEI] "management" ありがとう！
Unfortunately for that to work, you would need context. That is, how the characters are used and in what part(s) of the word(s) they are used for. Many of the kanji have at least 2 pronunciations depending on whether it is being used to form a noun, or an adjective, verb, etc.
Problem is all these Kanji have multiple readings. There are other projects I'm thinking about like mnemonics stories, verbs lists, adjectives/adverbs.
Any way you could make these in furigana?
You're right, that's not north. It's Heisig meaning is "Portend", and its standalone meaning is "trillion" ちょう。
in Japan, the sign similiar to "O" is MARU (circle) and is used to indicate CORRECT (correct answer). The opposite is X, batsu.
@youmehappiness Thanks, Sigur Ros is amazing. I saw them in concert some years ago and they are some kind of musical geniuses.
really, give us the song name!! I used it yesterday for meditation, is just stunning!! I will use your work for video projection in a big screen, in a restaurant...
So according to this study, how many words are used in modern Japanese on average? Excluding specific vocab like jargan or slang.
thanks for your uploading!!!! I'm studying Japanese and it's really useful.
Yuki JJbias Do you speak Japanese fluently now? 5 years...
@jgrider234 No, sorry you're incorrect. Practically speaking one only needs the 1,945 kanji in the Jooyoo Kanji, and only 1000 are taught in elementary school.
Cool dude, so much would have wanted to live in Japan when I was your age. I'm envious. Do you follow the American school system of high school or the Japanese system?
@twlight76 Musical geniuses, I definitely agree..! However please tell me how to make youtube videos like this..! I want to make my own study videos. Not only for Kanji but for vocabulary grammar and anything else I want to study in video format with background music..!
Thanks a lot. Is just amazing... the name... untitled ()... no words! stunning!!!
I like your videos, and Sigur Ross is just wonderful. How did you make the videos~? I think youtube videos are a great way to study ie SRS.
Ok, silly question I am sure but I am only a beginner. I noticed some Kanji have more than one meaning, does that mean that you have to relate it to the correct context when seeing it in a newspaper, for example?
kore wa sugoi desu.!
BIG help for me.
love it!
arigatou!
this helps alot! arigatou =)
@kimiko121 Seems so. They combine two or more simple words to make compound words, similar to what the Germans do. Guess that's why they call it the language of the infinite. Go one at at time, get 50 or 100 down to start and stick with very core meanings.
let me know when you know someone with a memory like that
2042 you need to read basic Japanese, but 3000+ is what one would generally need to know. Over 60,000 are known to exist though.
But there are multiple readings for one kanji, depending on how it's used...
I know korean and I only have been learning japanese for 1 year at an american school in japan. Im not really even using the language every day. So I havnt learned as much as i want to.
Yea, sorry. Wanted to make a quick exposition of Kanji in a meaningful way.
So, is there a difference between japanese kanji and simplified chinese kanji, or are the characters all the same?
Yea, don't know myself what place that has in Japanese grammar. If anyone else knows, drop a line please. I don't think it's zero or the little repeat kanji.
it's too fast to be helpful... good idea thou... but I think you should double check some of the definitions you wrote
I know meybe.. 9 kanji symbols? (these from the names of the days of the week and from hare, kumori, yuki, ame :D)
Kanji is amazing. It's still too complicated for me ;( But I can write and pronounce hiragana symbols^^
Try the Kanji Wordsearch iPhone app! Fun, and it tracks your progress.
@jgrider234 It says Most Frequent in the title it dose not say all Kanji. The title tells you it's not going to show all Kanji. So what are you talking about?
how did you learn that many that fast do you have any advice? and thank you! :)
There are 1,945 kanji to be learned this is all covered in jpanese school in elementry over half of it is learned these kanji have been decided as the kanji for everyday use there is kanji,hiragana,and katakana these are the types of characthers that are used in japan you can learn them with a dictionary and the nintendo ds they used to be pictures but over time they started to look less like what they ment even but even now if you take a good look they still sort of do japan is proud of them.
man i learning katakana i just finished with hiragana but how do you memorize all those symbols?
wait!
1:31 is it kanji? XD
Kanji font has that letter, but i think it's from arabian figure 0
Should've picked a longer song so that one could actually read the meanings AND look at the kanji
how the hell do they take notes in class?????
Instead of looking at the kanji and thinking of what it means in English, make it a habit of think of what it means in Japanese.
Hey, how much time do u think is needed to learn just kanji?
And do u know in what order do I use it, or any site whose contains this information?
Thanks for attention XD
@twlight76 now it's a little under 2100
@jgrider234 i did read the date. Did you read the reply?
@YeonGaram
I have a question for you if you understand Chinese. What do the Chinese do about proper names and places? I have never seen the roman alphabet used but always Chinese characters for things like New York or western names. Are there a set of characters used to sound things like that out?
just get Mnemosyne and download the RtK1 pack form the website.
Was getting quite difficult by 4:30 but I think I knew about 3/4 of them!!
Well, it has no more place in the grammar than the spelling or etymology of a word has in English grammar. But it's important to know.
I like this, but it's going too fast for me to read the english
" 1. 凄い: great, wonderful, terrific, impressive "
Agreed! :D
i already knew hiragana and katakana..but kanji is very difficult.
go hardcore, act like kobe bryant all angry and determined, memorize ALL the kanji in these two videos. you won't magically understand japanese perfectly but everything will make A LOT more sense, like neo seeing the matrix in green code for the first time
Lol
People say Japanese originated from china when they sent 500 men and women to the island. The books in chinese got soaked and made the words look different.
chotto matte sore wa nani o imi shimasu ka?
Please put the Japanese word underneath and it would be phenomenal.
それはきれいでした
お疲れ様です。
What is furigana O_o??
oh yea dont a lot of japanese write there name in kanji sowhat kind is that do every kanji symbol have an exact meaning
ありがとう!
muzukashi, I can speak japanese, I know hirigana and catagana but god dam kanji is difficult.
wow I only did not know maybe 15 or so
good , but some i don't know the pronunciation of it so if there was a hiragana that would be GREAT!! ^-
there symbols borrowed from the chinese language
yeah, zero is 零
頑張ってください。漢字がないと言葉と言葉の区切りがつきづらくなるのが事実です。漢字はもはや日本人にとって必要不可欠な文字となってしまいました。しかし歴史的には漢字のほうが先なのですがね :p
I think that romaji would have been outstanding beside the Kanji.... I don't know how to pronounce them :/
it is spelt 'katakana' 'かたかな'
nani sugoi desu yo, KURISUCHAN
demo watashi no kanji wa hyaku nana juu go desu
what about how to pronounce them... ^-^''
Romaji, hiragana or katakana please ^^
I go to an american school. Its an american school system.
ありがとう
thanx
you should install the japanese fonts instead so it actually looks better.
good comment though.
Orama koma burama ko!!!
You should master Hiragana/Katakana before learning Kanji.
it means "da" ^^
kono kanji wo ---->面白 yomikata ka?
yes and then all you'll have to learn is hiragana and katanaka which are easy enough to learn...then you'll be able to speak japanese!and chinese!major plus!yay!lol!^_^
if you place the pronounciation is better hehehe