It's good advice for some of the kanji, but you can't build a 100% logical system from it. Well you can, but it won't exactly be logical logical, just a messed up logical based on stories you made up :p And that's not a bad way of learning it, that's what the Heisig method teaches. A common type of example would be…
I've been just starting out to learn Japanese myself, so I thought I would drop in. Does anyone know any good Japanese learning podcasts? I'm currently at the stage when I'm learning how to write and read hiragana and katakana, so I'm trying to get a strong vocabulary and perhaps get a better understanding of the grammar.…
Thanks Equil. Do you mean grade as in 'school grade', or grade as in JLPT? The app I'm using organises lists for both school level and JLPT. £6.99, it's here: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/japanese/id290664053?mt=8 I use that for Kanji, and I used this to learn Hiragana/Katakana.…