About

Welcome to Kanjimori! Here, we are dedicated to teaching you how to understand kanji, not just memorize them. We feel confident that given the right tools to get to know kanji and their long and storied lives, you will come to love them as much as we do.

In contrast to other kanji learning methods centered around simple mnemonics for kanji characters, we focus instead on understanding the composition and components of modern kanji within the context of how they have appeared for thousands of years before.

When Chinese characters were first invented, their brilliant creators started with pictures of objects in their lives (pictographs) and symbols representing words (logographs). These initial characters then took on new meanings through various processes and were compounded to produce more complex characters.

Though it might surprise you, the people who designed kanji long ago were not so different from us here today. If you were to create a similar writing system, you’d probably want to make it as logical as possible, wouldn’t you? Well, that’s what they did too! By studying the elaborate system of characters they designed, we can hope to learn about how the ancients saw the world and follow closer in their wake.

So, welcome! Embark on this journey together with us and let’s start our kanji learning together – the right way.