Writing and Typing
Thanks to the computer I'm getting lost many chances to write Japanese characters on a paper and that makes us forget how to write kanjis with the correct stroke order. It might be surprising for some people but many Japanese are forgetting that, and besides some people are willing to use what we call "Katakana English", which is the words originated from English and written in Katakana. Those "Katakana English" are really horrible not only because every single of those have weird pronounciation but because some of them have different meaning from original English words. Needless to say, that's why we Japanese are forgetting our own character.
When it comes to memorising, I think it's better to write something than to type. Personally I need to memorise each characters visually. (Personally I need to memorize each characters as symbol.) I actually learned many kanjis writing them on notes over and over again, So I'm going to try not to type for memorising.
(I'm wondering if I can't express the differense of nuances between 'write' and 'type' because the former is often used when we metion to writing entries on a blog and the latter is rarely seen eccepting when refering to keyboard. Anyway, I hope this article makes sense to you.)
When it comes to memorising, I think it's better to write something than to type. Personally I need to memorise each characters visually. (Personally I need to memorize each characters as symbol.) I actually learned many kanjis writing them on notes over and over again, So I'm going to try not to type for memorising.
(I'm wondering if I can't express the differense of nuances between 'write' and 'type' because the former is often used when we metion to writing entries on a blog and the latter is rarely seen eccepting when refering to keyboard. Anyway, I hope this article makes sense to you.)
Thanks to the computer, I'm getting losing many chances to write Japanese characters on a paper, and that makes me forget how to write kanjis with the correct stroke order.
It might be surprising for some people, but many Japanese are forgetting that, and besides some people are willing to use what we call "Katakana English", which are the words originated from English and written in Katakana.
Those "Katakana English" are really horrible not only because every single of those have weird pronunciations, but because some of them have different meanings from the original English words.
Needless to say, that's why we Japanese are forgetting our own characters.
Personally, I need to memorise each characters visually.
(Personally, I need to memorize each characters as symbol.) I actually learned many kanjis writing them on notes over and over again, So I'm going to try not to type for memorising.
Writing my hiragana over and over helped me learn them. I also traced them with my fingertip on tables and walls when I was bored.
(I'm wondering if I can't express the different of nuances between 'write' and 'type' because the former is often used when we mention to writing entries on a blog, and the latter is rarely seen except when referring to the keyboard.
"Write" is a very flexible word. You can say "write" when talking about handwriting and typing. However, "type" only describes using a keyboard.
Learning cursive writing was common for school children. However, as more people use computers, less people use cursive. No one writes by hand much, so most people don't remember how to use cursive. It is a shame; cursive can be beautiful!
Here is an example: http://schoolfonts.com/printnew/_ZWriting.gif
I also think cursive looks beautiful, and I've learned cursive style, too:)
Since graduating high school I always used cursive because it's more comfortable for me to write English.