GoldFibre Diglot Senior Member Kuwait koreaninkuwait.com Joined 5970 days ago 467 posts - 472 votes Speaks: English*, Korean
| Message 49 of 532 10 August 2008 at 1:53pm | IP Logged |
Current goal:
* Learn the 2,042 Chinese characters in Remembering the Kanji
Today:
* 44 new
* 875 total
Edited by GoldFibre on 11 August 2008 at 2:33pm
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GoldFibre Diglot Senior Member Kuwait koreaninkuwait.com Joined 5970 days ago 467 posts - 472 votes Speaks: English*, Korean
| Message 50 of 532 11 August 2008 at 2:33pm | IP Logged |
Current goal:
* Learn the 2,042 Chinese characters in Remembering the Kanji
Today:
* 50 new
* 925 total
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GoldFibre Diglot Senior Member Kuwait koreaninkuwait.com Joined 5970 days ago 467 posts - 472 votes Speaks: English*, Korean
| Message 51 of 532 12 August 2008 at 2:03pm | IP Logged |
Current goal:
* Learn the 2,042 Chinese characters in Remembering the Kanji
Today:
* 50 new
* 975 total
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GoldFibre Diglot Senior Member Kuwait koreaninkuwait.com Joined 5970 days ago 467 posts - 472 votes Speaks: English*, Korean
| Message 52 of 532 13 August 2008 at 9:44pm | IP Logged |
Current goal:
* Learn the 2,042 Chinese characters in Remembering the Kanji
Today:
* 50 new
* 1,025 total
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GoldFibre Diglot Senior Member Kuwait koreaninkuwait.com Joined 5970 days ago 467 posts - 472 votes Speaks: English*, Korean
| Message 53 of 532 14 August 2008 at 1:56pm | IP Logged |
Current goal:
* Learn the 2,042 Chinese characters in Remembering the Kanji
Today:
* 50 new
* 1,075 total
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ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5985 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German
| Message 54 of 532 14 August 2008 at 2:09pm | IP Logged |
Congratulations on getting over halfway in regards to your current goal GoldFibre. Good luck for the next 967 kanji.
Thom.
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aegi Diglot Newbie Korea, South Joined 5976 days ago 33 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English*, Korean
| Message 55 of 532 15 August 2008 at 9:49am | IP Logged |
You might run into problems later if you learn the Chinese characters used in Japan. The Japanese use many simplified characters that are not widely taught or used in Korea. #72 in Heisig's RTK is an example: 乱, which, if used in Korea, is considered a convenient 'abbreviation', not the 'real' character. The unmodified original is: 亂. There are many more examples. When I contacted Heisig in January about using RJK to study hanja as you are now, he advised me to wait for <<Remembering the Traditional Hanzi>>. (Now, however, I'm not convinced of the efficacy of his approach.)
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GoldFibre Diglot Senior Member Kuwait koreaninkuwait.com Joined 5970 days ago 467 posts - 472 votes Speaks: English*, Korean
| Message 56 of 532 15 August 2008 at 10:18am | IP Logged |
Hi Aegi,
That's a fair warning, and I am mentally prepared to learn a lot of synonyms. Studying the characters for their own sake is quite enjoyable, so the additional work should not be a downer. After RTK, the next text will be Guide to Korean Characters by Bruce Grant, if it ever arrives in the mail.
How interesting that Heisig is writing a book for Korean study. I'll definitely buy it when it comes out!
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