- Memory cards can be used to learn Kanji in many different ways. You must first decide which basic Kanji you want for practice purposes. Make two-sided white cards or just use index cards. Draw the Kanji character on one side and either the pronunciation on the other, or you can leave it blank. There should be two cards made for each character you want to learn. Turn the character side of the card facing down. Each player gets a turn to flip over two cards. If the two characters match and the player can say how the character is pronounced and its meaning, the player gets the cards. If they do not match, it is the other player's turn. Keep playing until you run out of cards. Once you learn these Kanji well, make a new set of cards.
- Kanji examples
Many Kanji are composed of different parts. Many of these pieces are other simplified Kanji. The Kanji for hi (sun) is contained in the left side of many more complex Kanji such as ji (time). Using the Kanji flash cards with the simplified Kanji, players should have one minute to write as many Kanji as they can containing the simple Kanji. The one with the most correct Kanji on their list, wins the point. - Shiritori is a very popular children's game in Japan. The players choose a starting word. The last syllable of the first word should become the first syllable in the next word. The word cannot end in "n" because no word begins with the "n" syllable. That player would automatically lose. The second player takes the first player's last syllable and begins the next word with it. For example, if the first word is "nomu" (to drink), the next word could be "mushi" (insect), then "shippo" and so on. In this case, players would have to write out words in Kanji. The consecutive word would have to begin with the last Kanji in the previous word. If a player gets stumped, they lose. See how long of a chain of Kanji words the players can make.
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