Can you guys suggest any improvements?

This is all taken from this thread of mine: http://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/1lccc6/idea_learn_a_kanji_a_day/

捕

catch; capture

Readings:

音読み (Approximation of Chinese reading): ホ

訓読み (Native Japanese reading): と・らえる、と・らわれる、と・る、とら・える、とら・われる、つか・まえる、つか・まる

名乗り: no name readings

Compounds:

捕る: to take; to catch (fish); to capture

捕まる: to be caught; to be arrested; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof)

だ捕: capture; seizure

捕手: catcher (baseball)

補導: guidance, protective custody

逮捕: arrest; apprehension; capture

捕える: to seize; to grasp; to capture; to arrest

捕まえる: to catch; to arrest; to seize

Example sentences:

(私 は) 魚 を 捕った。 - I caught a fish.

私 の 友達 は 捕まった。 My friend was arrested.

More links:

http://jisho.org/kanji/details/捕

If anyone has any questions or suggestions feel free to shoot!

I have been learning to properly use correct stroke order and trying to write out kanji while learning them so it isn’t so boring just doing SRS. if anyone has some suggestions please let me know! I obviously messed up some and rewrote it on the side 😅 Or I thought I knew the kanji but didn’t double check before going for it and then made some mistakes. Some of these are not kanji and are radicals fyi lol. TIA!

Hey guys!

I know many people struggle with learning Kanji, especially when it comes to mixing up similar-looking characters or memorizing On/Kunyomi readings. So I designed this game to target those exact pain points.

Kanji Cats includes 4 game modes to help you drill Kanji: choosing the correct readings (JLPT-inspired), selecting the right Kanji from a group of similar-looking ones, a typing game, and building Kanji from radicals. Currently, it includes 700 Kanji and 3,000 words.

I know it's not a "well-rounded" Japanese learning course, but I hope it helps those who want to focus specifically on mastering Kanji. If you're interested in some Kanji drilling, feel free to check it out! There's also a free demo available with 100 Kanji and 180 words to practice with.

So it's not really clear what people actually want as content in this subreddit. I intend to create a thread for that as soon as I'm done with this one. Because in the mean time that all of this is set to rest, it wouldn't hurt to learn a new word with its kanji!

殻
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

Readings:

• 音読み (Approximation of Chinese reading): カク; コク; バイ

• 訓読み (Native Japanese reading): から; がら

• 名乗り: no name readings

Compounds:

• 殻: shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

• 卵殻; 殻: eggshell

• 吸い殻: cigarette butt

• 貝殼: shell

Example sentence:

• 私 は 殻 を 見つけた - I found a shell

Additional info:

From /u/torokunai:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell

攻殻機動隊

攻 kō "attack"

殻 kaku "pod/armor/shell"

機動 kidō 'machine' + 'move' = "mobile"

隊 tai "force"

売 is uru "to sell" 殳 is a very common 旁 tsukuri (right part of kanji) (in 25 kanji in my 4000-kanji database of parts), has the old meaning of 'spear', and can be found in 投 "to throw", 役 "duty", 殺 "to kill", 設 "provision", 段 "steps", and part of 撃, "to attack", which has a Chinese-Only character 軗 which is so rare it's not in Breen's combined kanjidic, which is a shame since 'car' + 'spear' would be a fine character to remember.

Links:

• http://jisho.org/kanji/details/殻

That's all for today, and as always suggestions and questions are welcome!

Years ago, when I first started studying kanji, I put together for myself a kanji look-up system in book form that's based on the visual aspect of each kanji. I've now made it into a pdf with clickable links in the index to each category of kanji. The look-up is based on the left-most or top-most radical. Have a look and a play with it and see what you think. It's not as clever as an app but it might be useful to someone, somewhere.

Kanji identifier.pdf

Hi, I’m a Japanese student exploring kanji, calligraphy, and tattoo design.

I create handwritten brush-style kanji, focusing on meaning, intention, and spiritual energy.

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Hi all! I want to learn some kanji every day, so I'm hijacking this sub and doing it here. What I will do is post a kanji a day from each of the JLPT levels, so five new kanji a day. Feel free to study whichever ones you want.

Useful resources:

• http://www.tanos.co.uk/jlpt/jlpt1/

• http://www.edrdg.org/cgi-bin/wwwjdic/wwwjdic?1C

How does everybody feel about starting a revamped series of threads about learning kanji.
I think the previous one was a bit too intensive to do every day. Maybe the same approach but with a weekly thread instead? Or do something completely different?

So that's what this is about, kind of like a brainstorming session.

促
to demand, press, urge

Readings:

• 音読み (Approximation of Chinese reading): ソク

• 訓読み (Native Japanese reading): うなが

• 名乗り: no name readings

Compounds:

• 促す: to urge; to press; to incite

• 促進: acceleration; encouragement; promotion

• 促成: promotion of growth

Example sentence:

• 私 の 雇主 は 僕 を 改善する に 促した - My employer urged me to improve

Links:

• http://jisho.org/kanji/details/促

織
weave; weaving; fabric; a woven item

Readings:

• 音読み (Approximation of Chinese reading): シキ; ショク

• 訓読み (Native Japanese reading): お; おり

• 名乗り (Name reading): こおり; こり; のり

Compounds:

• 織; 織り: weave; weaving; a woven item

• 織る: to weave

• 織物: fabric; textile

• 織機: loom; weaving machine

Example sentence:

• この　襟巻き　は　織りました - This scarf was woven

Links:

• http://jisho.org/kanji/details/織

酸
acid; sourness

Readings:

• 音読み (Approximation of Chinese reading): サン

• 訓読み (Native Japanese reading): す

• 名乗り: no name readings

Compounds:

• 酸: acid; sourness; sour taste

• 酸い: sour; acid

• 酸素: oxygen

• 酸味: sourness

• 酸性: acidity

• 酸っぱい: sour; acid

• 炭酸: carbonic acid

Example sentences:

• 昨日 の 朝ご飯 は 酸っぱかった です - Yesterday's breakfast was sour

• 動物 は 酸素 で 息をする - Animals breathe oxygen

Additional info:

• 酸い is not that commonly used in Japan today, use 酸っぱい instead.

• From /u/torokunai:

酸 has of course the 編 hen (left side) of 酉, the radical of 酒, sake, "liquor".

夋 is the rarely-seen (pretty much a meaningless character) made up of 允 and 夂 -- the radical of 冬 "winter" and 各 "each". 允 itself is a pretty obscure (for non-Hyōgaiji) kanji meaning "permission/allowance".

夋 has a phonetic association with SHUN:

Jōyō:

唆 サ そそ.る そそのか.す {tempt} {seduce} {instigate} {promote}

(well, this and 酸 are exceptions)

Jinmeiyō:

峻 シュン けわ.しい たか.い T1 たか たかし ちか とし おか {high} {steep}

竣 シュン わらわ わらべ おわ.る {end} {finish}

駿 シュン スン すぐ.れる T1 する とし はやし はやお {a good horse} {speed} {a fast person}

Hyōgaiji:

悛 シュン セン あらた.める {amend}

俊 シュン すぐる とし {sagacious} {genius} {excellence}

Altogether 夋 is a world of pain and I recommend forgetting it for now.

I get 酸 and 酢 (vinegar) confused sometimes.

But forget all that, I've got the perfect vocabulary for this from one of my favorite JPOP songs:

♫スパークする炭酸 ゴージャスな晩餐
Spark suru tansan gorgeous na bansan

炭酸 tansan is carbonation (carbonic acid 炭 = 'ash/carbon', 酸 = 'acid') here, 晩餐 bansan is some sort of 'evening' + 'food', or . . . "banquet".

Now, bansan is a pretty obscure word, but what I like to do with those is do a google image search on it to gain more understanding.

Naruhodo!

Links:

• http://jisho.org/kanji/details/酸

And sorry for posting this late.