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by robotmay 2098 days ago
It does actually have mnemonics! However they're mostly for remembering the onyomi/kunyomi rather than how to remember how to draw the kanji, which is something the hiragana/katakana decks have (they use the mnemonics from https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-hiragana/). And I mostly remember the onyomi/kunyomi better by working through sentences that use that kanji I must admit.

I do quite like the KanjiDamage method so far, in that it teaches you lots of kanji that use the same radicals early on, even if they're obscure kanji. If I find I'm getting stuck on one repeatedly I just mute it if it's an obscure one rather than getting caught up on it.

I'll probably start on a RTK deck too because I'm not finding the numbers of cards overwhelming yet. And I have bought a book and pen for learning to write them out, as I figure that will help a lot too :D