How It Works
The Method
How to approach it?
We recommend pairing up with a Kanji/Vocabulary learning tool. Could be WaniKani, Anki, Graded Readings etc.
The point is that after you meet a new kanji or word. Search it up here and practice writing it down a few times.
We recommend for Kanji, to write it down at least 10 times. And for words based on kanji you already know, to write it down 4 or so times.
Pay attention to the radicals, and of course, stroke order.
The Science
There are several studies that support the idea that handwriting helps memory/recognition/learning, specially in writing systems such as Chinese and Japanese:
- Repeated writing facilitates children's memory for pseudocharacters and foreign letters
- Remembering the orientation of newly learned characters depends on the associated writing knowledge: a comparison between handwriting and typing
- The Effects of Handwriting Experience on Literacy Learning
Is it worth my time?
One common criticism is that writing every single kanji a few times takes a lot of time. Which is a fair point. We will not try to convince you.
Why should I use this website?
There are other websites that have similar functionality:
Kanjikka, however, works with multiple kanjis.
What this website is not
We are not a dictionary. We don't do any fancy stroke order recognition (for that you should check Kakimashou!)
We are a tool to easily lookup Kanji Stroke order.
