I agree, and I don't understand what jdietrich is complaining about.
The great thing about learning kanji is that you can usually figure out meanings of words or phrases you've never seen before b/c you know some of the characters or even just their radicals.
It was a huge advantage when I moved from Japan to Hong Kong: even though I couldn't speak Chinese, I could still read signs and other printed text.
The great thing about learning kanji is that you can usually figure out meanings of words or phrases you've never seen before b/c you know some of the characters or even just their radicals.
It was a huge advantage when I moved from Japan to Hong Kong: even though I couldn't speak Chinese, I could still read signs and other printed text.