{"id":8545,"date":"2009-09-17T18:13:30","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T22:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=8545"},"modified":"2009-09-17T18:13:30","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T22:13:30","slug":"learning-kanji-%e2%80%93-beginner-concepts-and-simple-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/17\/learning-kanji-%e2%80%93-beginner-concepts-and-simple-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Kanji \u2013 Beginner Concepts and Simple Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese Doctor<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><em>is a recurring feature written by Friend Of JET, <strong>Jon Hills<\/strong>, who maintains the blog for <strong>Hills Learning<\/strong> (<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillslearning.com\/\"><em>www.hillslearning.com<\/em><\/a><em>). <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hills Learning is a NY-based language learning services company offering customized and personal Japanese and Chinese language learning options. Their main service is private one on one language lessons in the NYC area.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8546\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/kanji.jpg\" alt=\"kanji\" width=\"125\" height=\"108\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The most daunting yet fulfilling to learn alphabet in Japanese is Kanji. Kanji literally means \u201cChinese character,\u201d because literally the alphabet derived from Chinese characters. In English, it\u2019s similar in that the roman alphabet came from Latin, however Japanese Kanji words and Chinese words are actually quite similar. So much so that Japanese speakers can look at a Chinese newspaper or book and get at least a general understanding of what\u2019s going on, I myself could do a job search in Chinese without ever learning how to speak a word of the language. Unlike learning latin however, Kanji is central to the Japanese language and must be learned if a Japanese language learner is to attain any form of reading fluency. This article will touch on some basics of learning Kanji, and hopefully get readers started in the right direction to learn Kanji efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>Before diving into Kanji it\u2019s important that the reader know&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/hillslearning.com\/japanonline.aspx\">(CLICK HERE to read the rest of the article)<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese Doctor is a recurring feature written by Friend Of JET, Jon Hills, who maintains the blog for Hills Learning (www.hillslearning.com). Hills Learning is a NY-based language learning services company offering customized and personal Japanese and Chinese language learning options. Their main service is private one on one language lessons in the NYC area. 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