#basic kanji

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That number 4

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Your 1, 2, 3sss!

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Tan dificiil

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Hi! I've recently started to learn Japanese on my own, and I'm not sure if I should study kanji as they randomly appear on the textbook -some of which are very complicated - or if it would be better to ignore them for now and start with the basic ones in the kanji book. Any advice would be helpful! Thanks! :)

Personally, I think you should either ignore or bookmark any kanji characters that seem super complicated. You can come back to them later. Start with the basics. Most of the basic characters appear within those complicated kanji. Once you understand the basic kanji, the more complicated kanji start making sense. For example:

日(sun) + 月(moon) = 明 (light)木 (tree) + 木 (tree) + 木(tree) = 森 (forest)人(person) + 本(origin) = 体 (body)山(mountain) + 石 (stone) = 岩 (rock)言(word; to say) +　舌(tongue) =　話 (to speak)

Basically, don’t get ahead of yourself. I know from experience that you will only get frustrated and confused, so take it slow! Build a good foundation, and those complicated kanji characters won’t seem so complicated later on :)