LearnAlphabet databases for Kanji
I'm still using supermemo to learn to write kanji (at 722 characters now) and increase my vocab, but wanted something to help me review a little bit whenever I have extra time and have finished my supermemo quiz. Unfortunately the drill feature in that program is a little clunky to use (esp. as I didn't categorize any of the data files below--but in any case, you don't want to mix extra practice with drilling the cards you get wrong). Anyway, to make a long story short, I found a nice little free program called learn-alpha and made new data files for my customized kanji-ordering (in sets of 200 kanji). Learn Alpha is a very simple quiz program, but it suits my needs (the files have bitmaps of the main characters but depend on a Japanese environment for the reading, so that's a waste, but anyway it works). Here are 10 files representing the 2000 most common kanji in the same order as the below supermemo file:
These require a Japanese capable palm (either a Japanese model or one with JOS or the like installed) and the Learn Alpha program. Note that program comes with Kanji cards ordered by grade level, but the "answers" are just the English meaning. My cards have kana readings, an example compound, then an English keyword.
- kanjiquiz0.pdb (1-200)
- kanjiquiz1.pdb (201-400)
- kanjiquiz2.pdb (401-600)
- kanjiquiz3.pdb (601-800)
- kanjiquiz4.pdb (801-1000)
- kanjiquiz5.pdb (1001-1200)
- kanjiquiz6.pdb (1201-1400)
- kanjiquiz7.pdb (1401-1600)
- kanjiquiz8.pdb (1601-1800)
- kanjiquiz9.pdb (1801-2000)
These require a Japanese capable palm (either a Japanese model or one with JOS or the like installed) and the Learn Alpha program. Note that program comes with Kanji cards ordered by grade level, but the "answers" are just the English meaning. My cards have kana readings, an example compound, then an English keyword.
